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In collaboration with Global Pensions, Data Explorers brings you the latest global trends and analysis on securities transactions. John Arnesen reports

Guest commentary by Steven Englander, global head of G10 FX Strategy at CitiFX

Vince Smith-hughes explains the options facing retirees who can't afford to stop working

Helen Fowler looks at the developing innovation of the ‘captive model' - where a pension fund sponsor uses its own in-house insurer to cover its benefit obligations

Rodrigo Amaral speaks to Pedro Flecha Zalba, head of the AFP Association about the private pension industry's ambitious growth plans

Sponsors have been looking at using in-house insurers to tackle their funding issues. Helen Fowler asks if this is the most effective way

Dutch pension experts ask whether trustees have shed too much responsibility, as Giovanni Legorano reports

Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, as Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

When hotel and restaurant business Whitbread decided to review its choice of investment funds for its DC scheme members, a diversified investment approach within one growth fund was found to be best. Laura Blows reports

More than one fifth of schemes are planning to increase the number of in-house investment staff over the coming 12-18 months in a bid to boost internal expertise and cut third-party consultancy costs.