Analysis

Over 63% of the respondents of Global Pensions 100 Panel said US president Barack Obama's proposals to help keep banks from becoming too big to fail will have a positive effect on the asset management industry.

Nearly 60% of those polled in the Global Pensions 100 Panel have not been increasing their exposure to emerging markets, despite the regions' strength coming out of the financial crisis.

Just over 7% of GP panel members surveyed this month have had to ask employees to contribute to their pension funds for the first time.

No disagreement here. Every plan sponsor surveyed in the Global Pensions 100 Panel supports the decision by New York state attorney general Andrew Cuomo to create a 13-person board of trustees for the state's pension scheme.

Nearly 90% of plan sponsored surveyed this month believe the pension provisions offered by their scheme is adequate for pensioners.

Emma Dunkley talks to International Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) director of policy, Jerry Moriarty

Huichen Chou looks at how Asian investors have been impacted by the economic crisis and what they are doing to lessen its impact

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at what measures the five AP funds are using to deal with the impact of the global financial crisis and looks at the Swedish government's rumoured superfund plans

Even though the shift from DB to DC is slowing down, Jenny Blinch finds the industry prognosis is grim for the future of US pensions