A round-up of the pensions industry stories published across the FT Group this week – from pension fund allocations threatening hedge funds' business model, to proposals for defined contribution savers to be given access to French-style solidarity investment funds.

The £100m Trinity Mirror Pension Plan’s second attempt at a communications exercise to encourage additional contributions, to make up for the employer's decision to reduce payments, resulted in a 60 per cent take-up among the 1,000 members targeted.