Investment

FIDELITY is mulling the launch of a diversified growth fund to exploit scheme demand for a wider range of assets, PP has learned.

ARLINGTON Securities has launched a new Continental European Logistics Fund.

The next 12 months will be a better year for bonds following a hostile 2006 but scheme demand for the asset class will keep yields low, fund managers believe.

HEDGE FUNDS face "significant challenges" in the year ahead, Man Investments says.

UK - FTSE Group has launched the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT UK REIT index in response to the introduction of REIT legislation into the UK on January 1.

COLLATERALISED debt obligations offer pension funds better spreads and greater returns than traditional bonds, Solent Capital says.

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.