Developed market equities, gilts and bonds are overvalued, a growing proportion of investors and analysts believe.

Defined benefit (DB) schemes' deficits have fallen on average over 2013 and funding levels have remained high, JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) figures show.

After another busy year in pensions, PP rounds up the news stories that got readers clicking.

This year PP's features and analysis pieces enjoyed more traffic than ever before. Here are the most popular 20 articles for 2013.

This year has seen a number of high profile scheme developments, from asset-backed contributions, to auto-enrolment implementations and company restructures. Here PP sets out the best.

Furniture superstore Ikea has announced a plan to pay bonus pension contributions totalling at €100m (£83.6m) per year into its defined contribution (DC) scheme provided the company reaches certain sales targets.

The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) has condemned the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) consultation on a pension scheme charge cap as ‘not fit for purpose'.

The proportion of schemes that retender for investment consultancy fell to 4.3% in the first half of 2013, IC Select says.

The assurance framework for master trusts, being developed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR), is costly and insufficient, providers warn.

The Upper Tribunal has ruled that The Pensions Regulator (TPR) may pursue five companies which are part of the ITV group for funding for the Box Clever scheme.