De-risked schemes weather economic hardship better than equity heavy counterparts

Jenna Towler
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Pension funds returned an average of 3% in 2011, with funds that have de-risked faring much better than those heavily exposed to equities, figures show.

State Street Corporation's preliminary results of its UK Pension Fund and Charity Fund Universes for 2011 said initial estimates for the WM UK Defined Benefit Pension Fund Universe placed schemes w...

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