Aviva

The £8.5bn Aviva Staff Pension Scheme is looking to increase its allocations to real estate related assets to 15% over the next two years as it looks for long-term, liability matching assets.

UK - The £8.5bn ($13.6bn) Aviva Staff Pension Scheme is looking to increase its allocations to real estate related assets to 15% over the next two years as it looks for long-term, liability matching assets.

AUSTRALIA - The Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) Super has appointed Aviva Investors to run a A$51.5m absolute return fixed income mandate.

NETHERLANDS/UK - Philips Pensioenfonds has appointed Aviva Investors to manage its global multi-manager unlisted real estate portfolio in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific.

GLOBAL - Institutional investors have increased pressure on the world's largest stock exchanges to demand sustainability reporting by listed companies.

ASIA - Aviva Investors has appointed Kevin Talbot as chief investment officer (CIO) of fixed income and Manish Singhai CIO of equities in Asia.

Russell Investments; Mercer; Aviva Investors; Hermes; BlackRock; Aegon UK; Newport Group; Xafinity Consulting; ETF Securities.

Aviva has reduced its scheme deficit by an estimated £1.3bn in the last year as part of a debt reduction programme.

The latest Pensions Bill has failed to address differences between contribution refunds in trust-based and contract-based schemes, providers say.

Changes to auto-enrolment legislation outlined in the latest Pensions Bill have been cautiously welcomed by the industry.