Investment

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SCHEMES should be wary of investing in commodities because high demand is pushing up prices, a consultant claims.

SCHEMES using liability-driven investment should combine it with absolute return strategies to generate returns in excess of their liabilities, Insight Investment says.

TRANSPORT group Stagecoach has pledged £60m to a new pension scheme for its London members following the sale of its London bus operations to Australia's Macquarie Bank for £263.6 million.

GOVERNMENT plans to force fund managers to reveal how they vote at shareholder meetings is stalling progress on voluntary industry developments, the Investment Management Association says.

BALANCED pooled funds achieved a median return of -5.3pc in May 2006 following sharp falls in world equity markets, the latest Russell/Mellon CAPS figures show.

FUND managers are "more pessimistic" about the world economy now than they have been in almost six years, a survey reveals.

SCHEMES investing in commodities could be set to lose money as futures prices soar, a leading consultant warns.

RATHBONE UK Managed Pension Fund returned 35.3pc in the last financial year, new figures reveal.

THERE is no need to set up a new public sector system to deliver the national pension savings scheme, the Investment Management Association says.