Portable alpha strategies have been around for a while, but are they relevant in today's economic climate? Steven Dignall investigates

Giovanni Legorano examines the effects of the credit crunch on custodians and looks at the increasing demand for cross-country pension pooling

MEXICO - Mexican senator Irma Martinez has introduced a bill to cap the fees that pension funds charge as declines in the price of assets cut into workers' savings.

GLOBAL - 'Good' managers only get 51% of their decisions right, research from Inalytics has found.

UK - Government amendments to the Pensions Bill will minimise the risk of levelling down for employers with good existing pension provision, pensions reform minister Rosie Winterton has claimed.

US - American savers have continued to contribute to 401(k) plans despite the economic downturn, but evidence suggests they are also increasingly withdrawing savings to help get through the credit crunch.

Short extension funds burst onto the investment scene last year, but are they living up to their hype? Global Pensions asks a panel of experts

The reduction of VAT from 17.5pc to 15pc will reduce self-invested personal pension charges for members who hold commercial property, Standard Life says.

More than half of trustees are still keen to buy out their pension scheme liabilities regardless of current market volatility, MetLife Assurance research reveals.

ALMOST three-quarters of workers are unaware of what personal accounts means, JLT Benefit Solution research reveals.