Investment

Merseyside Pension Fund has provided 50pc of the £30m seed funding for the Nomura RAFI global all country equity fund.

THE government should take advantage of low yields and issue special pension gilts, Ros Altmann has urged.

Investment Solutions has launched a monthly index for small to medium schemes in a bid to demonstrate movements in deficits and highlight when funds can lock in gains.

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