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Almost two-thirds of UK-based institutional investors, including pension funds, expect asset bubbles to negatively impact performance in 2018, according to research by Natixis Investment Managers.

Pension funds should incorporate climate change expertise onto trustee boards as it poses severe short-term risks to investments, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has warned.

Defined contribution (DC) savers face lower costs and charges after providers made a concerted effort to reduce these to less than 1% over the past two years.

The combined deficit of the FTSE 350's defined benefit (DB) schemes fell by £3bn over the course of November, according to Mercer's Pensions Risk Survey.

Just one in five (20%) millennials say saving to secure a desired retirement lifestyle is a top savings priority, according to a Pension and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) study.

The UK pensions system remains relatively ungenerous and unequal compared to other countries, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said.

Just 12% of private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes remain open to new members, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

No FTSE 350 companies will retain a final salary scheme open to accrual by 2027, analysis by Hymans Robertson finds.

Defined benefit (DB) schemes further upped their allocation to bonds in the year to March 2017, continuing a four-year trend, analysis by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has found.

Jo Harris has been appointed as a trustee representative at Dalriada Trustees in its Leeds office, which opened this week.