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Consultancies and fund managers are undertaking a massive expansion of their defined contribution teams in a bid to meet client demand ahead of auto-enrolment, PP can reveal.

Payroll and HR system providers have failed to come up with software packages to help clients with auto-enrolment leaving opportunities for providers, BlackRock says.

A group of high profile institutional investors have banded together to try to improve stewardship in the UK.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a "reserve bench" of Liability Driven Investment managers.

Paul Bucksey has joined BlackRock's growing defined contribution business as head of defined contribution business development and client management.

On our last day, we give you a glimpse into our archives. From the European crisis in 2011 and the credit crisis of 2007-2008, to the Amaranth blow-up of 2006 - this selection of stories reflects the challenging investment landscape of the past decade....

That the third quarter was turbulent was no surprise. But recently released funding figures for pension funds and asset under management figures for asset managers have helped us crystallise the cost of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the EU...

US - Laurence Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, said billions of assets could flow into perpetual preferred shares issued by European banks looking to recapitalise as they face more stringent capital requirements.

Andrew Short takes a look at diversified growth funds, and outcome-driven tailored investment that is being seen as a solution to ever-shrinking retirement funds.

US - Assets at BlackRock hit $3.3trn in the third quarter, down 9% over the three-month period, after market declines battered equity strategies.