UK pension funds target private equity UK pension funds, controlling assets worth more than £800bn, are preparing to put unprecedented amounts of money with UK private equity specialists investing in unlisted companies. The move comes three years after Tony Blair pleaded with UK pension funds to invest more in the grass roots of British industry, complaining that they invested five times less in domestic entrepreneurs than their US counterparts. 16:54  | Read Morley unveils SRI league table Morley Fund Management, one of the UK's biggest shareholders, will on Monday publish a controversial league table of companies ranked by their commitment to social and environmental issues. 17:18  | Read Investors in bonds ask companies for a little respect Bondholders are setting their own agendas as those seeking extra finance swap equities for debt. read Philip Coggan Dangers of hedging your bets Fund managers face hidden perils if they decide to go down alternative investment avenues. Talking head 'Non-execs' in the line of corporate fire There is a mismatch between what directors are expected to do and what they are realistically able to do, writes David Childs