Investment

The Chancellor says he is confident the UK's economy will return to growth in 2010.

Investment returns are becoming dominated by the emerging markets, Mercer says.

FRANCE - Investment returns are becoming dominated by the emerging markets, Mercer said.

Follow all the announcements from today's Pre-Budget Report as they happen on PP Online from about 12.30pm.

GLOBAL - Investors should be cautious in taking short positions on the US dollar despite signs the currency is becoming cheap against currencies such as the euro and the Australian dollar, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has warned.

SWEDEN - A new report to the Ministry of Finance on the efficiency of the Swedish AP funds suggests merging the four largest funds into a giant SEK745bn (US$105bn) pot and eliminating AP6, the smallest scheme.

Occupational pensions sales have taken a nosedive as customers defer their pension contributions, Association of British Insurers statistics show.

Sebastian Cheek speaks to Volkswagen Group pensions manager Roy Platten at this year's PP Show about how the scheme's communications strategy helped it acquire the NAPF Pension Quality Mark

Transferring defined contribution benefits into a buyout policy can potentially reduce the value of scheme assets by millions of pounds, Xafinity warns.

Mark Rowlands has resigned as AXA head of consultant relations.