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UK - A third BA pension scheme trustee has quit the scheme in the row over future indexation saying the scheme had become a ‘political football'.

GLOBAL - The International Monetary Fund has become the latest financial body to express concerns about the growth of the ETF industry.

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Sustainability criteria such as ESG criteria are too important to be ignored in investment decision making, research by Allianz Global Investors suggests.

Only 7% of workplace pension professionals believe employers would set up trust-based schemes to take advantage of short-service refunds, a study shows.

Travis Perkins has reported a £32m scheme surplus after making a one-off £35m contribution into the fund, introducing a contingent asset and capping pensionable salary increases at 3%.

A third BA pension scheme trustee has quit the scheme in the row over future indexation saying the scheme had become a ‘political football'.

GLOBAL - Emerging markets will capture an even greater share of investor allocations to private equity as limited partnerships (LPs) aggressively seek exposure to high growth markets, research suggests.

GLOBAL - Hedge funds have gates on less than 5% of industry assets, down from 35% at the peak of the financial crisis, fund brokers Tullett Prebon said.