Investment

Assets in the pension funds of OECD countries reached $19.13trn at the end of 2010, up from $19.07trn (£11.65trn) at the end of 2007, an OECD report shows.

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Defined benefit assets managed under a liability-driven mandate surged last year, as traditional mandates plateau with pension investors, a key study shows.

European default on sovereign debt could cause a 45% spike in defined benefit pension scheme deficits, costing sponsors an extra £190bn, pension risk experts warn.

Some 29 FTSE350 companies are paying defined benefit deficit repayments that exceed their free cashflow, Barnett Waddingham analysis shows.

Schroders has launched a dynamic multi-asset fund to offer DC schemes an alternative to passive defaults.

At an emergency summit in Brussels, EU leaders have finally settled on a debt relief plan for Greece.

Companies could be wasting £2.1bn a year by auto-enrolling workers who will not benefit from pensions, a consultant warns.

Concerns about risk and governance are driving the majority of trustees to review or change their pension schemes, a BlackRock poll reveals.

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