Investment

Around two thirds of pension fund managers believe that developing nations offer the biggest equity gains over the next 10 years, according to Barings.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has picked Legal & General Investment Management to run two real estate mandates.

Gatemore Capital Management's Mark Hodgson on what trustees should look out for

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has confirmed the significant impact imposing a stringent solvency regime on European pension schemes would have.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is braced to take on the UK Coal pension scheme as its sponsoring employer is poised to file for insolvency.

FTSE350 companies' defined benefit (DB) deficits fell as bond yields rose on hints of an end to quantitative easing (QE), research from Mercer shows.

Charlotte Moore looks at the trend towards indeces formed using alternative criteria

Jack Jones looks at the implications of consolidation in the bulk annuity market

The experience of Buzz respondents backs the suggestion by the Bank of England that sponsors of defined benefit (DB) schemes were cutting back on corporate investment.

A significant proportion of contributors were concerned that schemes are over-exposed to interest rate risk, but one quarter said this was not a problem.