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Mercer has recruited Paul O'Connor as head of asset allocation for its investment management business in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

UK defined benefit scheme liabilities remained at about £1.4trn at the end of July, owing to easing price inflation and tightening of corporate bond yields, research finds.

GERMANY - Germany's status as a leading centre for shareholder engagement on sustainability and corporate governance has been reinforced by research finding two thirds of institutional investors favour using such issues when investing, and most follow...

GKN has knocked £28m off its UK scheme deficit since December thanks to asset value gains arising from its asset-backed partnership arrangement.

Legal & General generated £1.6bn in new pensions business in the first half of 2011, up from £1.5bn in the same period for 2010.

UK - Mercer has recruited Paul O'Connor as head of asset allocation for its investment management business in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

AUSTRALIA - The A$1.8bn (US$1.93bn) Professional Associations Super (PAS) has posted returns of 11.2% in the 2010/2011 financial year for its growth option.

Living to see 100 is just luck not lifestyle; Public must grasp the need for long term saving to prepare for retirement; University pension scheme hands CEO £50,000 as members revolt; 'I've lost trust in pension schemes'

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.