EQUITIES and property will perform best during the coming months as fears about high inflation fail to materialise, Standard Life Investments says.

SCHEMES should seek out global fixed income opportunities to boost returns, Aberdeen Asset Management says.

SCHEMES should shift asset allocations back to traditional UK equities rather than "rushing" into diversification, Legal & General Investment Management says.

THE AVERAGE worker wants to retire on £29,479 a year - 75pc more than today's typical pensioner income, research shows.

SLIMMING World has added a company-funded healthcare cash plan to its suite of employee benefits for more than 220 staff.

SYNESIS Life has appointed Capita Hartshead as its third-party administrator.

Yet again the government has left changes to pension policy to the last minute. From the backtracking on property investment for self-invested personal pensions in December last year, after months of concern from the industry, to regulations on various...

US - Harold Kotler has been named CEO of Gannet Welsh & Kotler (GW&K), an investment management subsidiary of The Bank of New York with over $7.5bn in equity and fixed income assets under management.

Currency win

Specialist emerging markets asset manager Ashmore Group is to list on the London Stock Exchange.