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Schemes are continuing to focus on equity performance risk despite reducing allocations to this class, research finds.

Islamic pension funds could move from being a "hygiene factor" to a mainstream option as auto-enrolment changes the pensions landscape, HSBC Global Asset Management argues.

Covenant monitoring will come under increased scrutiny from The Pensions Regulator because of current market turmoil, Mercer has warned.

Companies with mid-to-late 2013 auto-enrolment staging dates will pose the biggest challenge to the pensions industry because of a "resource drain", according to Punter Southall.

NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund rose by 25% in the year to June to hit a new high of NZ$19.03bn ($14bn), its annual report shows.

Professional Pensions is set to publish its annual Guide to Consultants at the end of this month.

UK pension funds had $2.9trn (£1.9trn) of assets under management at the end of last year, a survey finds.

The aggregate deficit of S&P 1500 pension plans increased by $134bn in September, reaching a "post-World War II high", Mercer claims.

Large bank pension schemes could lose out financially on insolvency if proposals set out in the Vickers Report become legislation, a law firm warns.

GLOBAL - State Street has crossed the $10trn mark in client assets serviced by its investment analytics team, the company has confirmed.