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Despite wide-spread speculation that pension schemes are increasing their investment in bonds, the preliminary findings of a new survey by Mercer Investment Consulting show the average allocation remains the same as last year, at 35%. The survey of over 425 UK defined benefit pension schemes with more than £177bn in assets reveals that the average allocation to bonds has increased by just four percentage points in the last three years. 
About 15 million British citizens who were forced to invest in the domestic bond market are losing their savings, and the government is telling them: Too bad! 
Am 20.3. packt der Nationalrat sein gewichtigstes Geschäft in der laufenden Session an. Während mehreren Tage wird er die Revision der hochdefizitären Invalidenversicherung IV debattieren. Die Linke läuft gegen den Mehrheitsantrag der vorberatenden Kommission Sturm, der zuerst Sparmassnahmen umsetzen und Zusatzeinnahmen auf später verschieben will. 
The Parliamentary Ombudsman says that the government should compensate 85,000 people who have lost all or part of their company pensions. However, the government claims it cannot be held responsible as the cost of compensation would be too high. The BBC's personal finance reporter Ian Pollock has answered some questions on company pensions crisis.