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Shareholders like pension funds are operating in a "fuzzy" area between politics and the markets as major companies increase their lobbying efforts.

Shareholders should force companies to reduce executive pay, delegates heard.

Poor governance is a significant risk to hedge fund investments, USS co-head of responsible investment Daniel Summerfield told delegates.

The Pensions Regulator will be unafraid of making an example of non-compliant firms as the first wave of employers implement auto-enrolment this year.

The growth of long lease property funds could provide some shelter from rental volatility for pension scheme investors, argues KPMG.

Aiming to lose less on pension scheme asset investments will be more profitable than chasing index-based returns in an era of increasing deleveraging, Newton Investment Management say.

Schemes are leading a global charge into hedge funds boosting sector size nearly 260% in the last decade, a global survey by Deutsche Bank reveals.

Pension schemes have flooded £250m into long-dated affordable housing bonds in a further sign of scheme appetite for local housing initiatives.

Fund managers display no greater investment skill investing in businesses from their own industry than those from other sectors, a study finds.

British Airways will tell pensioners this month if it intends to pay "discretionary" increases above CPI inflation after a statutory increase showed just a 40bps difference in prices.