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As the financial crisis-induced demand for cash begins to wane, Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at where cautious fund managers are seeking returns

Matthew Craig looks at the stages trustees must go through to deal with scheme liabilities, and the factors they should consider before opting for a buy-in or buyout

Helen Morrissey talks to Paul Macro about the results of Towers Watson's FTSE 100 defined contribution pension scheme survey

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: an independent trustee recently branded DC default investment strategies as a cop out by trustees - do you agree?

As target date funds emerge as the likely choice for NEST's deafult fund, Sebastian Cheek looks at what the industry must do to prepare and considers what lessons can be learnt from the US DC market

Giovanni Legorano investigates the increasing trend for US law firms to seek security class action business in western Europe

David McCourt outlines the National Association of Pension Funds' response to the department for work and pensions' consultation document on default options

Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the changing relationship between pensions funds and their consultants, and asks whether consultants will need to share their role with third-party providers.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the causes of the current rise in inflation and asks how long it might be expected to continue and what trustees can do to protect their funds from the extra liability.

Following the budget at the end of 2009, the public sector has seen a series of changes, including the introduction of a career average scheme. Helen Morrissey reports