As a founder trustee of the Maxwell Pensioners Trust, Jane Newell played a key role gaining settlements for 32,000 scheme members. Here are her personal recollections of the Maxwell years

Panellists discuss recent competitors to NEST, and the pros and cons of a master trust arrangement.

Phil Redding, managing director of institutional business development 
at Aviva Investors, makes the case for high-yield loans

The panellists discuss how emerging markets can reduce a portfolio's volatility, how allocation between equity and debt should be split, and the key drivers set to affect EM investment

Sion Cole, executive director at UBS Global Asset Management, discusses the spectrum of active fixed income strategies available.

Rob Pearce of HSBC explores a form of socially reponsible investing based in Shariah

Tim Haywood of GAM shares his latest thoughts.

Elisabeth Jeffries looks at the issues that pensions schemes need to take into account when assessing a company's exposure to carbon risk

Professional Pensions' Knowledge Base looks at emerging markets and explores some key issues for trustees to consider when considering their allocation to this asset class

In last week's Pensions Buzz (PP, 20 October) one of your respondents asked: "When have you ever known HMRC to be either flexible or fair?"