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With deteriorating economic conditions forcing spreads to widen across the globe, fixed income offers a number of exciting investment opportunities, says Pamela Atherton

Gill Wadsworth reports on how trustees are dealing with the continuing funding crisis

Giovanni Legorano looks at the state of asset-backed securities in the wake of the financial crisis, and speaks to industry experts about what the future holds for the ABS market

Girish Menezes and Terry Ritchie of Capita Hartshead say it is time to admire your administrator

Divyesh Hindocha of Mercer offers his own post-crisis analysis and looks at why some long-term investors should be looking to increase their risk budget

While the opportunity for environmental returns has been seized by some of the more sophisticated pension funds, few funds are paying attention to the increasing environmental risk present in all portfolios. Emma Oakman reports

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at how a largely ignored market has seen a recent surge in interest

The future of occupational pension schemes in the UK looks grim unless the industry can find a way to share the risk between employers and employees. One such approach, says Hamish Wilson, is collective defined contributions

Philip Mowbray discusses new options aimed at meeting the evolving needs of customers at retirement

David McCourt details the NAPF's response to PADA's discussion paper on personal accounts