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Former Scottish Widows Investment Partnership chief executive Chris Phillips has died of hypothermia during a walking holiday in Spain.

GLOBAL - JP Morgan has launched two new investment tools designed to help investors boost risk-adjusted returns.

Scheme members will be poorer in retirement if plans to scrap guaranteed pension increases go ahead, a campaign group has warned.

GLOBAL - Hedge funds will soon make up over 10% of the conventional institutional investor's portfolios as the vehicle continues to evolve, according to the latest Vision report released by State Street.

UK - Northumberland County Council Pension Fund has embarked on a search for two managers in active global equity fund management.

Assets under management in Standard Life Investments' higher income fund have reached £500m, the fund manager says.

Members of the Armed Forces Pensions Group will lobby the government next week in a fight for backdated pension rights.

UK - Pension fund manager Hermes has explained why it is considering active strategies for future investments in commodities on behalf of its owner, the £38bn BT Pension Scheme.

UK - A new study has revealed that multinational companies are managing their pension risks and assets with little sense of urgency.

GLOBAL- Leading infrastructure experts have warned pension funds about investing in the asset class without first doing their homework.