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Andrew Walters of Assured Fund explains how the solidification of US tax laws for life settlement funds has wrong-footed fund managers

Emma Dunkley looks at the impact the economic crisis is having on employee benefits

New Zealand's KiwiSaver scheme has been in operation for over two years, but recent cuts to contribution rates have threatened to damage the scheme, as Rachel Alembakis reports

With environmental issues increasingly affecting investment decisions, Will Oulton looks at how investment in this area is set to grow in the coming years

Raquel Pichardo-Allison compares the approach of the Netherlands and the UK to fiduciary management

Despite having the second highest public debt in the world and taking a significant beating in the economic downturn, Japan's investment community is looking ahead to long-term investment, as Rachel Alembakis reports

Emma Dunkley speaks to Edward Whitehouse, head of pension-policy analysis in the social policy division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about how pension funds around the world have coped with the economic crisis

While already successful in its native Japan, Nomura Asset Management is looking to expand on a global scale, but are they looking before they leap? Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

While already successful in its native Japan, Nomura Asset Management is looking to expand on a global scale, but are they looking before they leap? Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

Giovanni Legorano investigates the growing trend among UK schemes to use the US class action system to protect their investments against bad governance