Investment

SEVENTY per cent of schemes have no policy for managing conflicts of interest on trustee boards, delegates at the Professional Pensions Show heard.

MINING and alternative energy funds are among 10 additions added to Friends Provident's mirror range.

COAL Pension Trustees is saving its schemes millions of pounds a year by clawing back excess commission from brokers, chief executive David Morgan claims.

A "nanny-state" approach to defined contribution governance could force employers to close schemes, employee benefits consultant Entegria warns.

FORTIS INVESTMENTS and Trucost have teamed up to launch a environmental benefits investment framework.

PROVIDERS are under increasing pressure to add Islam-friendly funds to corporate defined contribution plans, experts claim.

Look to South America to diversify global equity portfolios, Aberdeen Asset Management says.

PENSION funds have sunk almost £2.5bn into exchange-traded funds since the beginning of 2006, Barclays Global Investors says.

ATLAS Capital Associates founder Hugues Lamotte is leading a management buy out of Atlas Capital Group Holdings.

UK commercial property performance has outstripped equities and bonds to return more than 20pc so far this year, latest figures reveal.