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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.

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