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It is surprising there has been no significant widening of credit spreads post the hung parliament and the eurozone crisis, Schroders says.

Some 73% of trustees plan to cut scheme exposure to risk but 65% say the price of de-risking strategies is holding them back, research reveals

JLT Benefit Solutions has broadened the accessibility of its BenPal pension modeller for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The scales of justice tipped in the direction of wronged pension schemes this week when £32m of defrauded pension scheme assets were returned.

Advice given to scheme members on enhanced transfer values should be fully independent and paid for by the employer, Prudential says.

Pension funds activism as shareholders was "conspicuous by its absence" during the crisis but more engagement by schemes could have made things worse, an academic claims.

Schemes must be wary of currency exposure, particularly when hedging to sterling, J.P. Morgan Asset Management warns.

Emerging market debt is set to benefit most once the current market fear and risk aversion subsides, J.P. Morgan Asset Management says.

Pension managers are split over whether trustees should be paid.

GLOBAL - Private equity funds managed to post positive returns of 15% for 2009 despite a slow start to the year, data from State Street revealed.