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Liability driven investment strategies have been around for a couple of years now. Global Pensions puts three product providers in the spotlight and asks what's next for LDI

US - Investors are being encouraged to support minority and women-owned business enterprises (MBE), by following the example set by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS).

As pension funds become more at ease using complex investment structures and strategies within portfolios, the increased diversity has created a number of issues for pension fund custodians. Heather Dale reports

Pension reform in China and the rest of Asia has created evergrowing pools of money, which in turn are driving the growth of the financial services sector. Toby Green reports

The US$5.2bn YMCA Retirement Fund is one of the oldest defined contribution pension funds in the world. Under its chief investment officer, Victor Raskin, the fund has embraced alternatives as it seeks ways to increase payments to its members. Alex Beveridge...

UK - The majority of contract-based defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the FTSE 100 (68%) offer members a choice of 20 or more investment funds, according to Watson Wyatt.

Conservatives urge pensions reformer to go; Bill aims to be cruel to be kind; CVC sounds out €11bn fund; Cheerless economic data may shift Bank towards cut in rates

Personal accounts could become the major player in corporate governance as scheme influence wanes, a senior pensions manager says.

UK - The pensions industry has expressed disappointment over aspects of the Pensions Bill released yesterday, claiming it fails to address deregulation and places higher cost and time burdens on pension schemes.

Heather Dale talks to Blue Sky Group, the Netherlands-based fiduciary manager, about investment strategies, LDI and plans to take on more clients