News

The latest Professional Pensions Conjecture debate - held today - looked at the key issues surrounding pension scheme longevity swap deals.

Hedge fund managers' client base has become more institutional than retail over the past year - leading to an "insitutionalisation" of the industry, International Asset Management says.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a quality mark for defined contribution schemes in a bid to recognise firms providing good schemes for their staff.

Personal accounts will heighten the risk of future mis-selling scandals should they be implemented in their current form, a Centre for Policy Studies report warns.

Hewitt Associates has hired Chris DeMarco to its UK investment consulting team as a senior consultant.

UK - The government has launched a consultation on plans to relax rules which force firms winding up a pension scheme as part of a corporate restructure or demerger to fully cover liabilities.

CANADA - The head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) said the country's pension system needs to be reformed and suggested creating a mandatory supplemental pension plan to complement existing arrangements.

US - Manager search activity increased in the first half of the year as investors funnelled 327% more assets into new fixed income mandates than last year, according to data compiled by Mercer.

GLOBAL - Pension funds are increasing their exposures or considering an entry into the convertible bond market as they try to take advantage of these underpriced securities, industry figures say.

UK - Here it is - a full list of the winners of the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2009, hosted by GP's sister title Professional Pensions.