Investment

Pension schemes and fund managers have radically different views about products and which asset classes in which to invest, new research suggests.

PENSION liabilities are having a "significant impact" on private equity deals and are becoming an influential factor in bid negotiations, latest research reveals.

BNP PARIBAS Asset Management has hired Christian Dargnat as its chief investment officer.

MORLEY Fund Management has replaced its head of equities in a further shake-up at the firm.

Fears that flaws in defined contribution schemes will go undetected because of hysteria over a few failed final salary plans are unfounded, Fidelity International claims.

PENSION regulators have been applauded for highlighting gaps in trustees' corporate governance best practice.

AG Bisset & Company, the US specialist currency manager, is set to open a London office in bid to boost its focus on local authority pension funds.

ASHMORE Group, the specialist emerging markets asset manager, is to list on the London Stock Exchange.

TRUSTEES of defined contribution schemes offering members a "deluge" of investment funds could be failing in their legal duty, Aon Consulting warns.

SCHEMES can expect better returns from Asia as the world moves into a new "investment era", Baring Asset Manage-ment believes.