Portuguese funds August update

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PORTUGAL - Portuguese pension funds received average expected returns of 1.4% (m-o-m) for August despite market volatility, said a report released by Watson Wyatt in Portugal.

The figure comes from the compounding of SEMP's average asset allocation at the end of June this year with the corresponding indices' monthly returns and represents an improvement on July's expecte...

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