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UK - Actuaries and employers' organisations have met the standing committee working on the Pensions Bill 2008 to promote risk sharing and the protection of current schemes.

PensionsFirst is set to offer UK pension funds a set of bonds aimed at immunising them from longevity as well as market and inflation risk. It claims it can do all of this cheaper than the bulk annuity buyout firms currently hunting the same schemes....

GLOBAL - Claims private equity fundraising has suffered aftershocks from the summer's credit crunch have been played down by industry professionals.

Controversial though it may seem, especially in view of recent events in Kenya, asset managers are claiming Africa is ripe for investment. Keren Holland weighs up their claims

INCREASING pressure has resulted in "struggling" trustees seeking more help than ever before, says Hewitt Associates.

UK - The BP pension scheme's announcement it would take a contributions holiday in 2008, has been met with approval by Aon consulting.

Ivo Knoepfel and Gordon Hagart outline the investment opportunity present in the growing sector of 'environmentally enhanced' real estate

AUSTRALIA - The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) has called for clearer guidance and information regarding death benefits and how they are handled.

UK - Aon Consulting has launched a specialist trustee service to provide support for covenant assessments of sponsoring employers.

Amy Middleton and Sylvia Huang investigate the diversification benefits to bond and equity portfolios of both unhedged and hedged foreign exposure