The threat to pension funds posed by soaring inflation and interest rate rises can be cushioned using absolute return strategies, Aviva Investors says.
The trustees of the £260m Sun Chemical Pension Scheme have appointed Mercer to deliver an implemented investment solution.
Employment rates for people beyond State Pension Age remained resilient throughout the 2008 recession - bucking the trend of the rest of the workforce, statistics reveal.
ASIA - Aviva Investors has appointed Kevin Talbot as chief investment officer (CIO) of fixed income and Manish Singhai CIO of equities in Asia.
IRELAND - Irish pension fund returns remained flat in January 2011, research by Aon Hewitt shows.
Labour MPs have accused the coalition government of 'short changing' the armed forces by indexing their pensions to CPI rather than RPI.
Pirc targets excessive pay at Compass and Paragon; JP Morgan takes on risk of UK pension plan; Hungary's pension funds soldier on; the government is unfairly rushing state pension changes
UK/DENMARK - Former Conservative pensions spokesman Nigel Waterson has joined Danish pension fund ATP to help it launch an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust.
Former Conservative pensions spokesman Nigel Waterson has joined Danish pension fund ATP to help it launch an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust.
GLOBAL - The world's leading sovereign wealth funds have been forced to reassess their investment strategies and risk management in the wake of turbulent financial markets, research by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) shows.