Investment

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.

UK - Mark Rowlands has resigned as AXA head of consultant relations.

The Pension Regulator's revised trustee knowledge and understanding code of practice has come into effect, setting a minimum standard to help schemes run effectively.

In recent times structured products have increasingly grown more attractive to Australian superannuation funds - a trend that is set to contune, as Rachel Alembakis reports

Joseph Mariathasan explains how following a series of delays, India is set to launch its National Pension Scheme