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The Volkswagen Group UK Pension Scheme has invested £23m, a quarter of its defined contribution default assets, in a multi-asset strategy with Baring Asset Management.

Legislation curtailing pension charges for deferred members has been announced by pensions minister Steve Webb.

The introduction of funding level triggers will become standard practice for pension schemes as part of de-risking strategies, Aon Hewitt says.

The DMO should issue CPI-linked gilts on shorter durations of ten to 20 years to match schemes' shorter-dated CPI-linked liabilities, two of the industry's biggest bodies say.

BT Pension Scheme and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund has appointed construction firm Carillion to begin development of One St Peter's Square based in Manchester city centre.

Pension fund trustees are overlooking investment in smaller companies because the risks associated with the asset class are misconceived, Invesco Perpetual say.

The Pensions Regulator and the NAPF have urged the EU commission to extend the Solvency II one-month consultation period to properly assess the 500-page document.

Trustee boards need a radical overhaul to stamp out the "vested interests" of professional trustees appointed by sponsoring employers, an academic says.

UK fund managers are losing market share to alternative investments and must target broader assets owned by institutional investors to stave off further losses, McKinsey & Company say.

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