Investment

Investment managers expect global equity returns to clock in at the 10% range in 2010, helping to fuel economic recovery this year, a survey by Towers Watson finds.

FRANCE - Investment returns at the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) are up 15% for 2009 on the back of the strong rebound in the equity markets.

Most schemes are unsure if target date funds are suitable for the UK pensions market, research by Clear Path Analysis shows.

UK - Most schemes are unsure if target date funds are suitable for the UK pensions market, research by Clear Path Analysis showed.

CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) reported a growth in assets of C$100m (US$94.7m) for the last three months of 2009 as cash outflow to pay benefits offset strong investment returns.

The European Life Settlement Association has hit out at a surprise call from the American Council of Life Insurers for policymakers to ban the securitisation of life settlements but the two trade bodies will back a joint roadshow in February to discuss...

European leaders have reached an agreement to bailout Greece, which is suffering from a huge debt crisis.

Anti-forestalling regulations are driving high-earning employees in certain sectors to work abroad because they are no longer willing to work in a "tax hostile" environment, a provider says.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison introduces the February 2010 issue of Global Pensions

IRELAND - Four out of five defined benefit (DB) schemes are in deficit despite good investment returns last year, the 2009 Annual Review by Ireland's Pensions Board revealed.