Investment

In the mid-to-late 1990s, average fund of hedge fund returns frequently surpassed 20pc on a year-by-y...

BONDS could post double-digit returns this year if the US economy experiences a sharp downturn, Schroders believes.

STANDARD Life Investments has launched two new real estate investment trust funds for UK and European institutional investors.

REAL estate investment trusts will be of "limited benefit" to schemes, Arlington Securities claims.

PENSION schemes and other institutions invested almost £4bn in overseas securities during the third quarter of 2006, latest figures reveal.

HSBC Investments has launched a new emerging markets fund for institutional investors.

SCHEMES should not be put off investing in infrastructure by "alarmist" claims the sector faces a dot com-style bubble, consultants say.

FOUR Neptune Investment Management funds finished top of their sectors in 2006, figures show.

PENSION funds will continue to shift more assets into property in 2007 despite an expected fall in returns, Arlington Securities believes.

MELLON Global Investments and Baring Asset Management have launched new country-specific funds.