Investment

THE UK is losing out as a global centre of investment funds because of its complex tax regime, asset managers say.

There has been a recent explosion in the number of companies entering (or at least signalling interes...

Although there is a rising awareness among trustees of the important role liability-driven investment...

JPMORGAN ASSET Management has launched a pooled diversified growth fund for both defined benefit and defined contribution pension investors.

SVM ASSET Management is launching a new pan-European socially responsible investment fund.

ANGLO IRISH Bank has launched a guarenteed bond for pension schemes and other investors.

Consultants have been woefully inadequate in preparing workforces for defined contribution provision, a leading scheme manager claims.

ASHMORE Group has been valued at £1.2bn ahead of its official listing on the London Stock Exchange on October 17.

SMALL caps no longer represent the "smoke stack" end of economy but offer schemes the opportunity to invest in tomorrow's biggest firms, Standard Life Investments says.

A US hedge fund's $6bn (£3.18bn) loss is "a good reminder" of what can go wrong with such strategies, the National Association of Pension Funds says.