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Fixed income covers an umbrella of investments and funds have been increasing their weighting towards it, as Sebastian Cheek reports

With many managers looking to the corporate bond market as a source of income, Sebastian Cheek asks if credit has become the new equity?

US - BlackRock reported assets under management of US$1.43trn as of September 30, a jump of over $61bn during the third quarter, the firm said in an earnings release today.

Fewer than half of private sector employees see pensions as the best way to save for retirement in contrast to their bosses, research shows.

Following a difficult 12 months Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at the differing strategies corporate and public funds in the US have developed to survive the credit crunch

BlackRock has won its first full fiduciary mandate in the UK, having been appointed to run the £410m PA Consulting Group Pension Scheme.

GLOBAL - Expansion will become the dominant driving force of mergers and acquisitions in the global asset management sector, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell.

Trustees considering implementing fiduciary management must be on their guard to ensure they get the best deal for their scheme needs, AllenbridgeEPIC warns.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison compares the approach of the Netherlands and the UK to fiduciary management

NETHERLANDS - The €545m (US$769m) Stichting Pensioenfonds Siemens has raised the prospect of joining the €18.7bn industry-wide pension fund PME, but deliberations stalled when the fund's coverage ratio fell to 90%, MandateWire reported. In the meantime,...