Investment

SCHRODERS' pooled funds have posted poor results just weeks after the asset manager revealed institutional investors have withdrawn almost £2bn of funds during the third quarter of 2006.

ROBECO, the Dutch asset manager, has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative as a full member.

Schemes are keeping billions of pounds of liability-driven investment mandates secret for fear of driving up prices, fund managers say.

Carole Arumainayagam UK equities fund manager Société Générale Asset Management Arumainayagam ...

SCHEMES are being urged to globalise their property investments and make greater use of property securities.

Managers need to be wary of the risks of new currency hedging rules, consultants claim.

BARCLAYS Global Investors has launched Government bond exchange traded funds - understood to be the first such instrument available to UK investors.

SCHEMES should consider China as a fully-fledged alternative asset class alongside private equity, hedge funds, commodities and property, Martin Currie believes.

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THE GOVERNMENT has tightened up the rules on alternatively secured pensions in its Pre-Budget Report.