Investment

Charlotte Moore surveys the impact of the financial crisis on the corporate bond market

As interest in environmental and ethical issues grows, Laura Blows looks at the changing nature of SRI and the increasing use of ESG factors within a scheme's investment portfolio

The FTSE 100 is losing some of yesterday's gains in as Gordon Brown's resignation and the prospect of further political uncertainty sends jitters through the markets.

A government auction of £2.25bn of gilts was two-and-a-half times oversubscribed despite uncertainty over the result of the election.

The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit pension schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened to a deficit of £2.2bn last month.

The Professional Pensions Investment Conference 2010 - to be held at London's Business Design Centre on June 2 and 3 - has had a strong response from pension funds and their advisers with several sessions now approaching capacity.

EUROPE - The €750bn (£642bn) European rescue package is a positive short-term fix, but does not provide the structural changes needed to make pension funds and other investors fully comfortable with European sovereign credit, asset managers say.

EUROPE - The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (ECON) has postponed today's vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive (AIFM) to May 17, in order to give "more consideration to the opinion of the Legal...

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has postponed today's vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive to May 17, in order to give "more consideration to the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee".

FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) gained 2.6% during the first quarter, according to estimated and unaudited data supplied by the fund.