Investment

SWEDEN - One of Sweden's biggest institutional investors, AMF, reported that positive investment returns of 12.6% for 2009 helped it to further strengthen its balance sheet last year.

Matthew Craig looks at the stages trustees must go through to deal with scheme liabilities, and the factors they should consider before opting for a buy-in or buyout

A surge in gilt rates is set to cut the cost of buyouts and reduce scheme deficits by 6%.

Prudential is to get rid of its dedicated defined contribution new business team putting nine jobs at risk.

UK - Prudential is to get rid of its dedicated defined contribution new business team putting nine jobs at risk.

The Pensions Regulator looks set to tighten its grip on registered independent trustee companies following a number of high profile governance failures, industry players say.

FTSE100 employers are increasing average contributions to defined contribution schemes despite the economic downturn, Towers Watson says.

The FSA has ordered RSM Tenon Financial Services to undertake a review of its pension switching business going back almost four years amid concerns about the suitability of advice.

The spring thaw is imminent, and after the freezing winter shocks of debt, debt and a little more debt, there are signs that investor risk appetite is warming up again. A frequently heard phrase is "You can't sit in cash forever, you have to do something."...

EUROPE - A third of multi-national companies operating in Europe are set to implement pan-European pension arrangements by 2015, Hewitt Associates has forecast.