Bonds

Rolls Royce has seen its UK schemes' funding position fall by 28% due to a decrease in the value of assets, its 2012 results show.

High risk is not the only response to low-yield says Jamie Hamilton of M&G Investments.

The Mitchell & Butlers scheme deficit has increased from £37m to £88m from 2011 despite increases in asset value and employer contributions.

Hermes Fund Managers have launched its latest fund as part of its UK active inflation-linked strategy which will primarily invest in UK bonds.

The Daily Mail and General Trust pension scheme is setting up its first in-house de-risking group - the Triggered Asset Switch Committee - in a bid to make speedier investment decisions and improve its funding ratio.

A union and pension consultancy firm has criticised a "flawed" study by a taxpayer group showing a £54bn shortfall in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Fidelity has launched a range of default lifestyle funds that combine active asset allocation with passive investment instruments.

The panellists discuss if pension schemes should be upping their allocation to fixed income, the ramifications of the budget and the 100-year bond

Pension schemes have flooded £250m into long dated affordable housing bonds in a further sign of scheme appetite for local housing initiatives.

UK pension fund assets have grown by 8% a year over the last decade and at $2.4trn (£1.5trn) are now worth more than country's gross domestic product, research finds.