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Charlotte Moore surveys the impact of the financial crisis on the corporate bond market

Helen Morrissey talks to Ian Greenwood about how the LAPFF is looking to promote increased awareness of social responsibility and whether the LGPS is sustainable in the long-term

Gary Delderfield of Eversheds looks at the difficult legal issues involved with the insolvencies of private contractors for local authorities, with regards to the pension rights of their employees

Mike Taylor, chief executive of the London Pension Fund Authority discusses the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the sustainability of final salary pensions

As interest in environmental and ethical issues grows, Laura Blows looks at the changing nature of SRI and the increasing use of ESG factors within a scheme's investment portfolio

The main parties may find it hard to agree on pensions policies including NEST, tax relief, early access to pensions savings and deregulation of DB schemes.

With the date of the election finally announced, Laura Blows summarises the pension policies of the three main political parties

The development of the fixed-term annuity market has done much to offer a half-way option between the security of lifetime annuities and the flexibility of income drawdown. Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for this market

News flash for Britain's youth - some day you're going to be old. Laura Blows examines the country's poor views on saving and how auto-enrolment may change this attitude

The current Norwegian pension system is to be replaced by a new system in 2011, but will it solve the problems, or create new ones? Alison Swersky reports