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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has "sold down [the] structurally challenged companies" in the LF ASI Income Focus fund as it repositions the portfolio to be more liquid and diversified ahead of its reopening on Thursday 13 February.

Link Fund Solutions has written to investors to announce that the LF ASI Income Focus fund (formerly the LF Woodford Income Focus fund) will reopen on 13 February.

The £46bn Northern Pool set up by three local government pension funds has selected Northern Trust to provide a broad range of custodial and administration services.

Stephanie Baxter speaks to five pools about the progress they have made and their plans for the future beyond the April 1 deadline

The Border to Coast Pension Partnership has selected Northern Trust as to provide third-party administration and depositary services ahead of the looming April deadline for pooling.

Pension trustee boards should comprise of individuals with a range of different life experiences and viewpoints as this will lead to better decision-making, speakers at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's diversity seminar say.

The London Borough of Brent has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, performance measurement and valuation services, to its £650m pension fund.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has added two emerging market alternative index funds to the seven "building blocks" of its default target date fund.

Cambridge and Northamptonshire local government pension schemes (LGPS) have appointed Northern Trust to act as custodian of their £4bn of assets.

Around a quarter of asset manager signatories of the National Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) Stewardship Code have completed the body's disclosure framework since its October 2013 launch.