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GLOBAL - A group of 14 global pension schemes and institutional investors have launched a study to look at the potential impact of climate change scenarios on strategic asset allocation.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison introduces the March 2010 issue of Global Pensions.

The service providers of the year were presented their awards at a celebration at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, last night - entertained by the dynamic speaker Gyles Brandreth. The winners are…

GLOBAL - Pension funds are questioning the efficacy of traditional liability driven investment (LDI) strategies as the indices used to construct the strategies proved to be too backward-looking, Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) chief executive...

GLOBAL - Assets under management of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) fell by 3% in 2009 to around US$3.8trn but funds are looking to place a greater number of those assets outside their home country, a report by International Financial Services London (IFSL)...

GLOBAL - The number of schemes awarding managers bond mandates increased by over 50% in 2009, Towers Watson said.

GLOBAL - Global pension assets totalled US$29.5trn at year end 2009, up 14% from the previous year, according to a report by the International Financial Services London.

GLOBAL - Despite closure after closure of defined benefit pension funds around the world, some investment managers think hybrid versions of these schemes will continue to emerge.

GLOBAL - The CFA Institute and the UK Investment Performance Committee (UKIPC) have unveiled new GIPS standards that will require fair value reporting of hard to value assets and more in-depth reporting of risk within an investment strategy.

GLOBAL - An influential coalition of investors, including 33 pension funds, has demanded 86 major companies produce overdue sustainability reports.