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Pensions schemes need to be careful not to follow investment fashions when they boost alternative asset allocations, Hymans Robertson says.

The government's decision to postpone the launch of transfer value regulations has been welcomed by the pensions industry.

AUSTRALIA - Superannuation funds favour Europe over the US and have more confidence in the euro than the dollar, according to the attendees of the latest AXA Rosenberg conference in Melbourne.

Telecommunications company Cable & Wireless has played down reports it is set to sell-off its defined benefit scheme.

Improving transfer value information sent out to members could save the pensions industry more than £50m a year, Hewitt Associates claims.

Bupa has created an integrated sales team to streamline its approach to providing workplace health insurance cover.

The "majority" of active pooled fund managers failed to outperform their benchmarks in the three months to September 30, latest CAPS figures from BNY Mellon Asset Servicing reveal.

An online portfolio trading auction service that aims to slash scheme costs and improve investment efficiency is set to go live today.

UK - Alternative investment managers, Stenham, has appointed John Long as institutional business development manager.