Investment

MORLEY Fund Management property managing director Ian Womack has been appointed as the new chairman of the Investment Property Forum.

RESEARCHERS are improving their ability to determine the impact of "extra-financial" factors on investment performance, the Enhanced Analytics Initiative says.

PENSION schemes should make use of cutting-edge financial strategies to boost returns on fixed income assets, AIG Global Investment Group says.

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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.