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The London Borough of Wandsworth pension scheme has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody and investment accounting services to £750m of assets.

The Identity and Passport Service has now released more than 1 million records as part of its Disclosure of Death Registration Information Service.

Trustees must start giving greater attention to administration fees and assess whether they are paying a disproportionate amount compared to other services, Goddard Perry Consulting says.

Sir Bob Geldof is attempting to raise £650m from institutional investors for an African private equity offering, according to reports.

The Pensions Management Institute has issued a survey to its membership requesting views on The Pension Regulator's consultation on enhanced transfer value exercises.

F&C Investments is extending its environmental, social and governance agenda in a bid to increase value in its private equity investments.

Towers Watson has cast doubt on the durability of the relationship between periods of economic contraction and ‘vintage' performance in private equity investments.

Scheme liabilities soared by £50bn in August as fears of a double dip recession pushed down gilt yields, analysis from Cardano reveals.

The High Court has overturned a Pensions Ombudsman decision that left a deceased member's unmarried partner of 20 years empty handed despite maladministration.

The board of Majedie Investments has invested £4.5m into the launch of new subsidiary asset management business, Javelin Capital.