Investment

Stamford Associates and Xafinity have teamed up to launch an investment consulting service that integrates asset and liability management.

Switzerland-based LGT has won three insurance-linked strategies (ILS) mandates worth $400m (£265m) from major European pension funds.

Just Retirement is considering creating a directory of consultants who are willing to advise small and medium sized schemes on medically underwritten buy-ins.

Sackers' Ian D'Costa outlines the opportunities

Threadneedle Investors' Jim Cielinski looks at changing trends in fixed income

Taha Lokhandwala looks at how investment in social housing could be boosted by recent changes in government legislation

Rachel Dalton looks at how charities supporting DB schemes are being hit hard by the recession

Squire Sanders' Matthew Giles and Nathan Gunn consider the potential impact of a new Governor of the Bank of England on schemes

Trustees must ask providers difficult questions over possible conflicts of interest when selecting a fiduciary manager, according to Aon Hewitt.

Defined benefit (DB) scheme deficits are down £51.2bn despite falling assets, research from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) shows.