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UK - Hewitt has expanded into "delegated services" following demand from a number of clients.

BELGIUM - Belgium could have an influx of pan-European companies looking to create pension funds in the country if Nestlé's decision to test new laws is successful.

UK - Transition management has become increasingly widely used by pension funds as they have grown aware of its possible benefits.

SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa's more than R1trn (US$130bn) institutional pension system suffers from service providers' conflicts of interest, inadequately educated pension fund trustees and an insufficient distinction between the financial interest of...

UK - The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is to improve its longevity modelling as part of a series of enhancements to its long term risk model.

Kemal Ahmed and Joseph Mariathasan explain why the typical benchmarked approach to investing in emerging markets equities does not allow investors access to the full emerging markets story

JUPITER Asset Management has won a mandate from Investment Solutions to manage a portfolio of UK equities.

Professional Pensions has cemented its industry-leading position by becoming the first publication to have its back issues held by The Pensions Archive Trust.

While GTAA may not currently enjoy the same cachet as other more talked about strategies, the approach continues to win supporters looking for uncorrelated sources of alpha. Elizabeth Pfeuti explains

Despite being in the enviable position of being 110% funded, the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) is steeling itself for less than target returns this year. Heather Dale reports