Investment

The influence of pension and sovereign funds in global markets is set to increase in 2009 to the detriment of hedge funds and investment banks, Watson Wyatt research reveals.

GLOBAL - Pension funds believe investment management fees are too high and need to come down, a study by bfinance has found.

THE Professional Oversight Board is set to consult on additional quality assurance requirements for actuaries.

GLOBAL- FTSE has launched a dozen indices providing exposure to emerging markets real estate securities.

Pension funds believe investment management fees are too high and need to come down, a study by bfinance finds.

A department for work and pensions consultation into pension regulations aims to "tidy up" existing regulations where practitioners currently find problems, a lawyer says.

In its first roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key industry spokespeople in London to discuss investment in frontier markets

THE Financial Reporting Council has published a quality framework in a bid to help trustees assess actuarial information.

RBS has shut down its transition management business as it seeks to focus on its core business.

EMPLOYERS are wasting more than £85m each year on running defined contribution schemes instead of group personal pensions or stakeholder scheme alternatives, a consultant says.