Investment

STANDARD & POOR'S has launched a S&P 500 inverse index to give investors a way to measure the performance of a short position in the stock-market barometer.

ONE IN FOUR defined contribution schemes fails to have a service level agreement in place with their administrator, latest research from Watson Wyatt shows.

Investment boutique Blue Sky Asset Management has launched its first product, which offers income of 10pc a year while guaranteeing the contingent capital at maturity.

Aberdeen Asset Management has bought German property investment firm DEGI for £79.2m.

INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS has launched a new global equity fund targeted specifically at defined benefit schemes for smaller and medium-sized employers.

STANDARD & POOR'S has launched a investable index for investors seeking exposure to environmentally responsible investment strategies

COWEN Asset Management has launched its range of actively managed funds targeted at the institutional pension and multi manager markets.

STATE STREET has put aside $279m (£141m) to cover legal and other costs relating to the underperformance of some of the active fixed-income strategies at its investment management arm.

Indian infrastructure could present "significant" opportunities for pension scheme investment, RREEF research claims.

Trustees, scheme managers, consultants and fund managers have much to focus on for the pensions year ...