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As pension funds increasingly look to diversify sources of return, a low-yield environment and threats of inflation, alternative investments have returned to the fore.

Asia has remained broadly resilient through the downturn, in particular the high growth regions of India and China - or ‘Chindia'.

Jaishree Kalia reports that interest in hedging the longevity risk of active members could soar internationally following the news of the world's first such hedge being used in the UK

Curious as to how pension funds of the past faced economic crises, Daniel Bescoby, a member of the advisory committee of The Pensions Archive Trust, researches the National Association of Pension Funds minute books held in the archive to find some answers...

Following the global crash's punishing exposure of over-correlated investments, Emma Cusworth looks at how UK schemes have diversified to de-risk their portfolios

Public funds are facing crippling liabilities in the US, often thanks to inadequate funding by state governments. Chris Panteli discovers how bad the situation is

Chris Panteli talks to Illinois State Board of Investments executive director William Atwood about rebuilding some of the worst funded schemes in the country

CalSTRS and CalPERS have both implemented risk-based approaches to asset allocation, though both have done it in their own, unique way, as Joel Kranc and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

Spain has used the financial crisis to reform its pensions system, yet fears run high that the changes do not go far enough, writes Toby Lewis

Christine Senior looks at options for rescuing schemes from the jaws of risk