Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the causes of the current rise in inflation and asks how long it might be expected to continue and what trustees can do to protect their funds from the extra liability.

Matthew Craig highlights the importance of monitoring custodians

After commodities' healthy rebound from the lows of 2008, Lynn Strongin Dodds discusses whether the asset class can go on to regain its pre-credit crunch highs

Caroline Allen reports on the successful recovery of many emerging market economies from the global recession, where rising corporate sales and high levels of foreign exchange reserves have lowered their risky reputation

Tom Stevenson recently retired from his post as Kellogg's pensions manager. Before he left, Sebastian Cheek asked him how the scheme qualified for the NAPF's Pension Quality Mark

Lynn Strongin-dodds discusses how timber has outperformed both equities and bonds over a 20-year time horizon

Tom Selby says the UK will have a governance crisis unless defined contribution schemes up their game

John Dickson of Hymans Robertson explains how schemes can take advantage of medium-term anomalies in order to boost returns

Ruth Bamforth of Eversheds rounds up some of the year's most interesting cases involving LGPS schemes

Sebastian Cheek asks why reform to the local government pension scheme is needed and how it can be achieved