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MERCER has appointed Iain Wilson as a principal in its pensions outsourcing business.

Global Pensions asks a panel of experts how ETFs are faring in the face of a trend towards active management and also finds out what is next for the vehicle

The Pensions Regulator's draft guidance on conflicts of interest focuses too heavily on larger defined benefit schemes, the Society of Pension Consultants claims.

Nico Marais gives a thorough introduction to the strengths - and challenges - offered to pension funds by short extension strategies

Heather Dale talks to Richard McIndoe of the Strathclyde Pension Fund, one of the largest local authority pension funds in the UK, about alternatives and the introduction of a "new look" scheme

POOLED fund of hedge funds failed to achieve positive returns during the first quarter of 2008, figures BNY Mellon Asset Servicing says.

UK - The £600m (US$1.1bn) Delta Pension Plan has announced it has transferred the majority of the liabilities of its defined benefit (DB) scheme to the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

UK - Cardiff pension fund has appointed Barclays Global Investors (BGI) as transition manager.

SWEDEN - Sweden's third AP fund has restructured its asset management operations to separate beta from alpha.

PENSION CORPORATION has agreed a £451m buyout to secure the benefits of the pension plan of steel products group Delta.