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GLOBAL - The emerging markets and commodities boom along with the effects of the economic stimulus packages mean pension schemes have found themselves struggling to make sense of inflation expectations, a new report suggests.

Half of workers over 30 are failing to save adequately for retirement, with a fifth not saving anything at all, latest research finds.

It's been a busy month for the North American de-risking market. In March, Global Pensions reported the start of the buy-in/buyout market in the US was imminent, and likely to emerge before the end of the year. It appears we were right.

The active/passive debate surrounding the effectiveness of both investment styles continues to be contentious and has our panel split down the middle.

The first anniversary of the Coalition government has marked a year of relentless pension reform. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether these reforms have been successful

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment

In the second of a three-part series on the sustainability of pensions in the UK, Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, discusses the strength of private DB schemes

In February 2011 Danish pension fund ATP announced it was considering entering the UK market with an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). Helen Morrissey talks to ATP's Morten Nilsson about the decision

Pension funds and other institutional investors have reversed outflows that plagued convertible bonds after the credit crunch, forcing managers to bump up against capacity, as David Walker reports

Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in the start of the year but concerns over the strength of the developed world pulled investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports