Investment

Panellists discuss how recent legislative changes will affect investment strategies, whether it will encourage members into income drawdown, and their expectations for resultant product innovation

Property will face a tough second half of the year as fiscal austerity measures hit investment returns, ING REIM chief executive Kevin Aitchison warns.

Defined contribution pension communications would be more efficient if implemented to more than 50,000 members at a time, according to a research paper.

Schemes are not de-risking quickly enough and should do more to reduce high levels of equity investment, the Pension Protection Fund says.

Sebastian Cheek asks industry experts about the increasing popularity of multi-asset solutions

Nortel Networks and Lehman Brothers have joined forces to challenge The Pensions Regulator's ability to issue them with a financial support direction.

Threadneedle has launched an absolute emerging market macro fund following demand from clients.

Global technology firm Smiths has agreed a 10-year funding plan for its two principal UK defined benefit pension schemes.

GLOBAL - Investor confidence fell in Europe and the US in September despite a rally in equities, research by State Street Global Markets (SSGM) shows.

US - The South Carolina public pension fund's plan to create a company to manage private-equity assets should be held up pending legislative and administrative review, according to a spokesman for state Treasurer Converse Chellis.