George Osborne

Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has allocated £70m to two global infrastructure funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Industry Funds Management.

International investors are buying record amounts of UK government bonds as the Bank of England's £75bn QE programme spurs demand, with the yield on the 10-year gilt hitting a new record low.

Ministers and pension scheme representatives are set to meet every fortnight over the next three months to plot a course to boost funding in UK infrastructure.

Ministers have outlined their plans for the future of the local government pension scheme after employers and unions brokered a framework agreement on how to implement Lord Hutton's reforms.

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Caution urged on Osborne's infrastructure plan

Andrew Short asks if plans to get additional investment in infrastructure, announced in George Osborne's autumn statement, will be attractive to UK pension schemes or a bridge too far?

The pensions industry has cautiously welcomed the Chancellor's autumn statement.

The Chancellor has confirmed he will unlock £20bn of pension fund assets to invest in infrastructure in a bid to "overhaul the physical transport infrastructure of our nation".

The National Association of Pension Funds and the Pension Protection Fund have signed a deal with the government to develop a national infrastructure investment platform.