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Standard & Poor's Index Services is offering investors exposure to top-rated stocks in the US and Europe through the launch of two new STARS indices.

Despite the current "credit crunch" funds of hedge funds are still a good proposition for long-term investment returns without excessive risk Standard & Poor's has claimed.

Exchange-traded funds are now used by 87 UK institutional investors, including pension funds, according to the latest figures from Morgan Stanley.

Pensions Trust picks SLI

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CONSERVATIVE plans to boost defined benefit provision in the UK overlooks the importance of securing benefits and could even lead to "fiddled figures", an independent consultant has said.

Demand for gold increased 19pc in tonnage terms to 922 tonnes as the commodity made a substantial recovery in the second quarter.

Institutional investors in the UK and Europe are continuing to lose confidence in riskier assets, State Street Global Markets claims.

COMPANIES have been urged to put more focus on their retention strategies following research which found one in five UK workers were leaving their jobs for new careers.

GLOBAL - Boutique and specialist asset managers have experienced a keen upturn in business as pension funds turn their backs on large players, according to industry commentators.