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Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: The Investment Governance Group has published its guidelines. Are these to be welcomed and what difference do you think this will make to pension schemes?

Charlotte Moore canvasses industry experts' opinions on investment approaches for 2011

The answer is both depressing and pleasing. Depressing because so many do not think that enough attention is given to DC.

Panellists discuss the recent Investment Governance Group (IGG)report and its wider implications for the industry

Towers Watson has sold stochastic forecasting business eValue to fund analysis company Financial Express.

Lord Myners has branded advice to increase scheme fixed income allocations as "nonsense" and warned the bond market is an "enormous bubble which will burst".

Already popular in the US, ETFs have begun to take hold in Europe but many pension funds overlook the advantages of this type of investment as Helen Fowler reports

The austerity measures that swept through Europe in 2010 took their toll on pension systems. Richard Lowe reports

UK - Nearly three-quarters of corporate executives running DB schemes say they will look to cut investment risk over the next five years, research finds.

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