The government has bowed to industry pressure and amen-ded A-Day changes on ill-health pensions, experts claim.

FORSYTH Partners has launched a new emerging market debt fund for institutional investors.

LONG-ONLY mandates will become a thing of the past as schemes are poised to shift more assets assets into absolute return strategies and liability-driven investment, consultants claim.

NIGERIA - The NGN63bn (US$491m) accrued within the national contributory pension scheme has raised hopes that SMEs could have access to long term funding.

ROWANMOOR Pensions has signed a three-year contract with ADS Portal, a privately-held computing provider, to put in place an online desktop solution for its staff.

US - Unfunded liabilities for Minnesota's seven largest pension plans have remained "unacceptably high" at US$1.7bn, due to increased contributions being paid out as benefits instead of being reinvested in the funds, said Pat Anderson, state auditor....

More than a quarter of firms see their pension scheme as a "serious risk" to their business, research by Mercer HR Consulting shows.

LESS than a third of defined contribution scheme members understand how asset classes work, research shows.

ARLINGTON Securities has launched a new Continental European Logistics Fund.

GLOBAL financial services firm UBS has become the latest organisation to join the Employers' Forum on Disability as gold card members.