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Charlotte Moore looks at the state of the commercial property market and finds that bold and resourceful funds with a long-term view can find opportunities if they get the fundamentals right

Inefficiencies within the field of pensions technology have prompted a seldom-seen cooperation forming in the financial services. Gill Wadsworth looks at how the shared goal of achieving standardisation has become the driving force in testing times

Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the problems institutional investors face in reducing their currency exposure in the light of the market's record volatility

David Johnson looks at The Pensions Regulator's stance against conflicts of interest

Mark Ashworth looks at how alternative investments have been affected by the credit crunch

Sebastian Cheek investigates the routes that investors are taking as they search for new ways to reduce liabilities in a volatile market

Giovanni Legorano looks at how investors are retooling their core-satellite approach in the wake of financial meltdown

Following the volatility in currency markets, investors have returned to hedging and are looking at ways of reducing risk, as Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

Westpac Banking Corporation CEO, Gail Kelly opened the morning with some hard truths about the year ahead, noting that in this time, the financial services industry needs to focus on "back to basics," and keep their clients' needs firmly in mind.

It's been nearly a decade since the Swedish pension system was established and the economic crisis is giving it its first test.