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Andrew Sheen examines why it is essential that schemes investigate the opportunities afforded by absolute return funds while the outlook is bearish

Christine Senior examines the current prospects for sustainable investment

Mark Baker of Pinsent Masons suggests the economic turmoil has given scheme-specific valuations an extra level of complication, forcing trustees and companies to become more flexible than ever in these trying times

Charles Cotton discusses the different approaches to pension benefits in the public and private sectors

Mike Woodall emphasises the importance of a good quality membership database to effective administration

Sebastian Cheek discusses how an understanding of behavioural finance finance can help to encourage DC members take a more active interest in their pension scheme

Colin Melvin explores the origins of the global economic downturn and looks at how increased corporate and bank responsibilty will be important factors going forward

As investors have had to rethink their approach to securities lending in the wake of the last 12 months of turmoill Rachel Alembakis looks how the industry is reducing risk

Almost five years after the Nigerian Pensions Reform Bill was passed into law, has the country seen significant benefits from the creation of a pension system? Dorothee Gnaedinger investigates

James Maggs argues that liability driven investment (LDI) appears to have survived the economic meltdown