Investment

SCHEMES should prepare for a sharp jump in default levels for corporate bonds in 2007, F&C Asset Management warns.

EMERGING market debt will be less attractive to pension funds in 2007, Standard Asset Management predicts.

THE £3.6bn Pensions Trust has reappointed Northern Trust as its global custodian and asset servicing provider.

UK PENSION schemes saw average investment returns of 10pc during 2006, latest figures from WM Performance Services reveal.

SCHEMES are likely to boost their allocations to emerging markets in 2007, Focus Capital says.

Professional Pensions asked some of the industry's main figures for their defining pension events of 2006. Here we rank their top 10 answers

LONG-ONLY mandates will become a thing of the past as schemes are poised to shift more assets assets into absolute return strategies and liability-driven investment, consultants claim.

SPECIALIST pension scheme administrator DC Link is to hold a seminar on communication in defined contribution pensions.

SOME 58pc of the UK's defined benefit schemes are closed to new members, with a total deficit of £33.8bn, research shows.

SCHEMES are set to receive rebates of £7.5m after settlement house CrestCo reduced fees paid in 2006 by around 10pc.