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Pension funds could become investors in residential rental housing under a governmental agency plan to encourage schemes to support builders in the UK.

Bermuda-based Bridge Pointe Insurance is set to enter the UK pension buyout market.

The government should issue longevity bonds for pension funds and annuity providers in a bid to help them hedge against longer life expectancy, the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School urges.

UK - Pension funds could become investors in residential rental housing under a governmental agency plan to encourage schemes to support builders in the UK.

Cardano has appointed Santiago Pinson and Nathalie Sims to its London-based investment management team.

Standard Life has posted a 27% decline in its UK life and pensions sales for the first quarter of the year.

Understanding and monitoring the employer covenant is essential for all trustees, especially those in sectors at high risk of insolvency, PricewaterhouseCoopers says.

Pension schemes are increasingly seeking to "re-strike" swaps with banks in order to gain cash to spend on more attractive assets, P-Solve says.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed Hewitt Associates to advise it on longevity risk.

Scheme managers are split as to whether pension funds should do more to improve corporate governance in the companies they invest in.