Schroders

EUROPE - The number of investors considering climate change policies as key to manager selection has doubled since 2007, but the actual integration of these policies into investment mandates has failed to take off, a report by the Institutional Investors...

The potential clean up costs of the BP oil spill disaster could threaten its ability to pay dividends leaving pension scheme investors facing continued uncertainty, Schroders says.

It is surprising there has been no significant widening of credit spreads post the hung parliament and the eurozone crisis, Schroders says.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a former Schroders Investment Management North America portfolio manager of using confidential information to encourage his family members to offload their shares in funds he managed.

US - The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a former Schroders Investment Management North America (SIMNA) portfolio manager of using confidential information to encourage his family members to offload their shares in a fund he managed.

Leader: At the time of writing this piece on Tuesday, the prospect of a hung parliament looks like a foregone conclusion.

ITALY - The financial crisis has shown the relative strength of the country's second pillar pension system in comparison with other forms of savings, Schroders' head of distribution for Italy Luca Tenani has said.

Norwegian pensions have tended to adapt a careful approach to investment but following the financial meltdown, has this proved successful? Giovanni Legorano reports

The general election is likely to result in a hung parliament and the markets face a "corridor of uncertainty" as the parties negotiate the terms of a coalition government, Schroders says.

Peter Hargreaves' wealth has more than doubled over the past year by £260m to reach £570m.