Investment

Emerging market debt fundamentals are attractive for pension funds seeking portfolio growth and diversification, J.P. Morgan Asset Management says.

About half of all UK pension schemes have adopted a liability driven investment strategy in the wake of volatile markets, F&C Investments says.

Reformed hedge funds operating under traditional principles can provide investors with valuable diversification against equities, delegates heard.

Individuals must open themselves up to investment risk or they will be poor in retirement, delegates heard.

US - Florida's US$122bn public- employee pension, the fourth-largest US state system, will get expanded oversight and be allowed to own more international stocks under new guidelines effective next month.

The current investment governance model needs to be significantly improved, Mn Services says.

DC schemes are clearing not working in their current guise and employers will move towards different types of tax wrappers, Standard Life says.

EUROPE - Investments into long term UCITS excluding money market funds surged in the first quarter of 2010 to €87bn (US$106.1bn) in net inflows, the first time such levels had been reached since Q1 2006, according to new figures from the European Fund...

UK - The UK government should issue longevity bonds to help pension schemes and insurance companies address longevity risk, the Cass Business School said.

The UK government should issue longevity bonds to help pension schemes and insurance companies address longevity risk, the Cass Business School says.