Investment

BlackRock has launched the Frontiers Investment Trust providing investors with long-term capital access to some of the fastest growing economies.

UK - Nearly three-quarters of corporate executives running DB schemes say they will look to cut investment risk over the next five years, research finds.

Nearly three-quarters of corporate executives running DB schemes say they will look to cut investment risk over the next five years, research finds.

Hermes BPK Partners has launched a three-year performance fee structure available to institutional investors and pension funds globally.

Legal & General has launched the WorkSave Choice platform and the WorkSave Pension Trust to help companies cope with auto-enrolment.

Pension funds could be ditching responsible investing principles in their relentless hunt to get higher returns from their asset managers, Kas Bank warns.

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest public pension fund in the world, returned 1.53% on its investments in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.

DENMARK - The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority plans to release mortality benchmarks in the coming days which will be used to help calculate pension liabilities.

The trustee of the £80m Scapa Group retirement benefit schemes has appointed Mercer to provide implemented investment services to address funding volatility.

The Pensions Regulator is expected to argue in the High Court today that a liability that flows from a financial support direction should be treated as an administration expense.