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As funds seek to steer their portfolios through the markets' bumpy recovery, Andrew Short looks at two important alternative classes - hedge funds and infrastructure

The first anniversary of the Coalition government has marked a year of relentless pension reform. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether these reforms have been successful

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment

In the second of a three-part series on the sustainability of pensions in the UK, Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, discusses the strength of private DB schemes

In February 2011 Danish pension fund ATP announced it was considering entering the UK market with an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). Helen Morrissey talks to ATP's Morten Nilsson about the decision

Pension funds and other institutional investors have reversed outflows that plagued convertible bonds after the credit crunch, forcing managers to bump up against capacity, as David Walker reports

Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in the start of the year but concerns over the strength of the developed world pulled investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

Infrastructure is becoming increasingly popular with pension funds seeking long duration, reliable cash flow and inflation protection. Chris Panteli finds out more about the asset class

Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports on a new wave of activism starting to swell in Italy

Attempts to move away from the US dollar as the currency reserve is ‘fraught with danger' said Paul Chappell, chief investment officer at currency manager C-View.