Analysis

Once again, it is the intervention of foreigners that is causing Japan to open up to the outside world. And a more open corporate sector and fundamental changes in governance could mean an end to the view of Japan as a value trap, explains Joseph Mariathasan...

The Danish pensions industry has retained its crown as the best pension system in Europe. Andrew Sheen examines how this was achieved

Hui-chen Chou looks at the impact India's New Pension System, which may soon announce it will open the door to foreign managers, will have on the country's economy and retirement landscape

Almost a year into his post, senator Nick Sherry, Australian minister for superannuation and corporate governance, lays out the challenges facing the Labor Government

Jenny Blinch travels to Tokyo and finds the corporate DB pensions industry reeling under the effects of the credit crunch

Canadian pension funds were built to last and appear to be surviving the credit crisis. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports from Toronto on this and how increasing commitment to global assets and SRI will affect funds

As changes are introduced to improve Singapore and Hong Kong's mandatory pension systems, industry insiders are urging a more radical overhaul to deal with the countries' looming aging issues. Keren Holland reports from Singapore and Hong Kong

Using the example of US institutional investors, Steve Foresti and Mike Rush of Wilshire Consulting examine why a home-country bias still prevails, whilst laying out the case for a more globally diversified investment outlook

Emma Oakman examines whether positive economic signs spell the end of the bad times for Japanese markets or merely paint a false picture of optimism

Heather Dale travels to Oslo to see how the country is adjusting to reforms on investment guidelines ushered in recently by the government