Investment

Jack Jones speaks to David Adkins, chief investment officer of The Pensions Trust, about the overhaul of the scheme's investment strategy

The National Employment Savings Trust received more than 150 expressions of interest from asset managers hoping to manage its first five investment funds, PP can reveal.

Equity volatility will continue to challenge market stability this year with "mini-crises" likely to derail investment certainty, according to Allianz Global Investors Capital.

Pension funds and asset managers belonging to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change will be balloted this week to assess their ethical investment performance.

AllianceBernstein is to launch a range of off-the-shelf target date funds for trust and contract- based defined contribution schemes.

Deficits are creating a drag on scheme investment returns of about 1.2% of liabilities a year, Pension Insurance Corporation research shows.

Lawrence Gosling asks if Henderson is paying too much to acquire Gartmore

EUROPE - Pension supervisors and regulators looking to take a risk-based approach to monitoring pension schemes now have a toolbox of best practices thanks to a new report by the OECD and IOPS.

Henderson and Gartmore have finally reached an agreement which should see full acquisition take place in a £335m deal over the next few months, subject to shareholder approval.

State Street Global Advisors has completed its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Asset Management for approximately €57m (£49m) including net assets of an estimated €14m.