United Kingdom

UK - The UK inflation rate rose to 4% in January, which is double the government's target and up from 3.7% the previous month.

UK - Almost three-quarters of schemes are committed to long-term de-risking strategies but the majority still plan to demand extra employer contributions, an Aon Hewitt poll reveals.

UK - Hedge fund investors must stop "undermining" one another by accepting inadequate terms, the Universities Superannuation Scheme believes.

UK - The John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust has sold its remaining holding in online grocer Ocado, it announced today.

UK - The National Employment Savings Trust has started recruiting for employer and scheme panel members to represent views of stakeholders to the corporation's trustees.

UK - Treasury plans to increase public sector employee pension contributions by 3% could destroy the Local Government Pension Scheme, the London Pensions Fund Authority warned.

UK - The balance of schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a surplus of £46.1bn ($74.3bn) at the end of January, figures from the lifeboat fund reveal.

Sebastian Cheek talks to Tony Broccardo, chief investment officer of the Barclays UK Retirement Fund, about the success of its Oak Pensions Asset Management spin-off

UK - Interest rate hedging increased 44% in the last three months of last year, driven by pension schemes rushing to capitalise on attractive market swap levels, a survey suggests.

UK - The National Employment Savings Trust has appointed State Street Global Advisors, UBS Global Asset Management and BlackRock to run five mandates for its default fund.