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Emma Dunkley reports from Global Pensions' annual Transition Management Forum held on September 9, 2009 at Plaisterers' Hall, London

Richard Lowe discusses the sustainability and appropriateness of defined contribution as a suitable replacement for defined benefit

Divyesh Hindocha of Mercer offers his own post-crisis analysis and looks at why some long-term investors should be looking to increase their risk budget

While the opportunity for environmental returns has been seized by some of the more sophisticated pension funds, few funds are paying attention to the increasing environmental risk present in all portfolios. Emma Oakman reports

US - Manager search activity increased in the first half of the year as investors funnelled 327% more assets into new fixed income mandates than last year, according to data compiled by Mercer.

GLOBAL - Pension funds are increasing their exposures or considering an entry into the convertible bond market as they try to take advantage of these underpriced securities, industry figures say.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at how a largely ignored market has seen a recent surge in interest

GLOBAL - Inalytics has developed a league table of transition managers in conjunction with Mercer and Hewitt to help pension funds with due diligence.

Inalytics has developed a league table of transition managers in conjunction with Mercer and Hewitt to help pension funds with due diligence.

More than a quarter of trustees have increased the frequency of covenant reviews to more than one a year as the risk of corporate failure grows, Mercer says.