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UK - Equity exposure in with-profits additional voluntary contribution funds has fallen dramatically in the past year, a new study shows.

UK - Edinburgh Partners has hired Arthur Copple and Alex Gowns to help develop its investment trust business.

UK - Hopes of an economic upturn are prompting an increasing number of schemes to boost their private equity allocations, Aberdeen Development Capital claims.

UK - Fund managers are refuting claims that they are slowing down the shift to long-term, liability-driven mandates.

UK - Suffolk Life has appointed Alex Scott-Barrett as its chairman.

UK - Justin Ward has joined Hermes Private Equity as a director.

UK - Massive gaps between the best and worst performing FTSE100 stocks are giving active managers share-picking opportunities, Schroders says.

UK - Incomes for most people fall by nearly 40% when they retire, a new survey shows.

UK - The pensions advisory service has been invited to enter the discussion over ways to reduce the pensions ombudsman's casework backlog.

UK - Managers should judge companies on their financial strength and not attempt to use institutional votes to "advise them" back to health, Bedlam Asset Management claims.