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EUROPE - Pension schemes are looking to increase allocations to private equity but demand greater transparency, reporting and risk management from providers, a report suggests.

Pension schemes are looking to increase allocations to private equity but demand greater transparency, reporting and risk management from providers, a report suggests.

US - The number of smaller US pension plans investing in alternatives is on the rise but overall portfolio allocations are falling, research from SEI shows.

Fiduciary management has been embraced by the Netherlands with around 90% of assets under management placed in a fiduciary contract. This is in stark contrast to the second biggest market - the UK - where take up is barely 10%. Andrew Short compares both...

Longevity risk the financial risk caused by scheme members living longer than anticipated has received much press over the past few years, causing trustees and sponsors of defined benefit schemes to perceive it as an acute concern.

Take up of fiduciary management in the Netherlands has been phenomenal. Andrew Short asks what lessons the UK can learn from this approach.

US - Some 60% of all US corporate defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants, SEI found.

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SEI has bolstered its fiduciary management capabilities with the three senior appointments in its liability-driven investing, corporate finance and risk management teams.