Investment

EUROPEAN property returns for 2006 will come close to last year's record levels, Aberdeen Property Investors predicts.

A move from a defined benefit arrangement to a defined contribution plan is an established means for ...

Paul Amery Absolute Insight product manager Insight Investment Amery joined Insight in March 2006 ...

ASSET MANAGERS are failing to scrutinise the discretionary use of alternative assets for pension schemes, latest research from Standard & Poor's claims.

STANDARD Life Investments is mulling the launch of an Asian property business to capitalise on schemes' insatiable demand for the asset class, PP has learned.

A RISE in real yields is "a major risk" to fixed income markets as investors demand better returns to compete with other investments, Baring Asset Management says.

ABOLISHING defined contribution contracting out will leave up to six years of "residual" work, Paymaster says.

HENDERSON Group has failed in its bid to buy construction company and infrastructure operator John Laing.

ASSET MANAGERS are failing to scrutinise the discretionary use of alternative assets for pension schemes, latest research from Standard & Poor's finds.

EMPLOYERS are adopting a more relaxed approach to scheme funding arrangements because they regard The Pensions Regulators' powers as "empty threats", claim lawyers.