Henderson Global Investors has launched a pan-European active engagement fund that is aimed at institutional investors.

Northern Trust has created a set of reports in a bid to help pension funds meet new recommendations on how to value investments and present their financial statements.

Defined benefit schemes must consider protecting themselves from the £2trn risk created by increasing longevity, experts warn.

GLOBAL - Failure to meet criteria relating to issues such as climate change has resulted in 15 companies being deleted from the FTSE4Good Index.

Cadbury's Schwepps has introduced a cycle-to-work programme as part of a green initiative.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a guide to investing in commercial property.

UK - GDP growth forecasts have been scaled back by Alastair Darling, to between 1.75% and 2.25% in 2008.

US - Low income workers may be losing out on valuable tax credits for their 401(k) and other related pension plans due to a lack of awareness.

THE government has announced changes which will allow people to take very small benefits from occupational pension schemes as a lump sum.

UK - Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has developed an updated version of its financial modelling system, VIPitech, which it claims slashes stochastic run times.