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UK - Pension funds are facing a dilemma in that de-risking is expensive and not getting cheaper. Instead, they should take on more risk in the current climate, delegates at this year's Professional Pensions Show heard.

APG Group; BNY Mellon; Dreyfus Corporation; Northern Trust; TRS; QIC; AXA Investment Managers; Acadian Asset Management; BlackRock; Aon Risk Solutions; SSgA; Mercer; RBC Dexia Investor Services; Schroders

Resolution's group pension assets grew by approximately £1bn over the first half of this year, results show.

The Professional Pensions Show 2011 will include a investment leaders' roundtable made up of five of the investment industry's most influential figures.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry

Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports on a new wave of activism starting to swell in Italy

NETHERLANDS - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has won a €2.2bn ($3.1bn) fiduciary mandate by Ahold Pensioenfonds, the Dutch pension fund of retailer Ahold.

Friends Life has appointed David Still to the newly created position of director, retirement income in a bid to increase its presence in the annuities market.

Local government exposure to index-linked bonds dropped last year against a backdrop of increasing allocations to the asset class from corporate defined benefit schemes, figures show.