Investment

Sovereign bondholders will be relegated down creditor lists if European policymakers push through plans for a bailout mechanism, Standard & Poor's warns.

Former Tory peer Lord Skidelsky has proposed the creation of a UK investment bank to encourage pension funds to invest in national infrastructure.

Pension funds would rather sell stock than take securities class action because it is too costly and time-consuming, delegates heard.

Schroders saw institutional assets under management increase by 39% to £106.4bn during 2010, driven by strong investment performance and a range of new products.

UK - Final salary public sector pensions should be phased out in favour of cheaper career average schemes by 2015, Lord Hutton said.

Final salary public sector pensions should be phased out in favour of cheaper career average schemes by 2015, Lord Hutton says.

Following the global crash's punishing exposure of over-correlated investments, Emma Cusworth looks at how UK schemes have diversified to de-risk their portfolios

Japanese equities are poised for a valuation increase due to improving global economic conditions and strong corporate fundamentals, Tokio Marine Asset Management predicts.

Further monetary policy tightening in China will send a strong cautionary signal to investors invested in both Chinese and emerging market equities, Standard Life Investments says.

EUROPE - European schemes have started to put strategies in action that deal with volatility by either bringing in returns or mitigating risks, but find there's still a way to go in educating board members about these strategies.