Alternative Investment

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is cutting its allocation to cash and bonds to set up a hybrid asset portfolio that will account for 12.5% of its investments.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has announced that the Pension Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has launched the PPP Equity PIP Limited Partnership, its first fund.

Gatemore's Mark Hodgson says the lifeboat fund's strategy has much to recommend it

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has acquired a 49.9% non-controlling stake in the Airline Group in the latest in a string of infrastructure investments.

London Borough of Waltham Forest and Surrey County Council pension funds have invested £20m each in the Darwin Leisure Property Fund.

Defined contribution (DC) schemes offered to staff of FTSE350 firms are still overly invested in equities with stagnant allocations, according to research from Schroders.

The introduction of auto-enrolment (AE) has led to a significant increase in defined contribution (DC) schemes' allocations to real estate, according to a Pensions Institute (PI) report.

Thomas Weber looks at the opportunities for diversification and growth offered by multi-asset alternative strategies.

Ewout van Schaick looks at how mult-credit investing can help institutional investors meet their funding targets.

Pension funds could significantly diversify their portfolios without reducing returns by investing directly in natural resources, energy infrastructure and commercial real estate according to research from a think tank.