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US - Institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of 2011 at the expense of domestic active equity and fixed income, new research shows.

Here it is. The lists of the FTSE100 firms with the highest scheme funding levels and the largest percentage increases in funding levels.

Cookson is to offer deferred members of its defined benefit scheme an enhanced transfer value to leave the scheme to cut its future liabilities.

Here it is. The lists of the FTSE100 firms with the largest deficits; the biggest shortfalls compared to market capitalisation; the lowest funding levels; and the largest decreases in funding levels.

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UK - The aggregate pension deficit for the UK's biggest companies dropped by 63% in the last year thanks to shifting indexation measures and continuing high levels of employer contributions.

UK - Barclays saw its pre-tax profits fall by a third during the first half of the year, with PPI claims and reduced bond trading activity hitting earnings.

AUSTRALIA - The Superannuation industry is set to standardise the way it discloses investment risk under new guidelines announced yesterday.

Barclays has seen its UK pension scheme deficit drop by more than half in the last six months to £1.2bn.