With Norway's biggest schemes having seen record losses in 2008, Helen Morrissey looks at what action Norwegian pension funds are taking

Finland has been feeling the impact of the global economic crisis, but unlike other countries it has strong diversification tactics

GERMANY - Automotive supplier Magna International denies media reports saying it has asked the German government to bear the burden of the pension fund of takeover target Opel, a General Motors subsidiary.

Employers are being given more choice in the pricing structures of investment funds by pension providers who realise that ‘plain vanilla' is good for some but not for all.

Default investment strategies lost nearly a quarter of their value during 2008 with an average return of -23%, an exclusive PensionsDCisions poll reveals.

Let's hope that the recession is as quick to disappear as it was to arrive, but however long it lingers we should plant for green shoots. It's much too late to design products and services for a recession.

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at what measures the five AP funds are using to deal with the impact of the global financial crisis and looks at the Swedish government's rumoured superfund plans

As employers with DC schemes are discovering, bad news prompts questions about risk. Members of company pension schemes suddenly want to know more about their savings and how they can avoid loss. Some are asking whether they can simply cash in their pensions...

The latest edition of the Pensions Review sees Terry Faulkner of Goldman Sachs and Hewitt's John Belgrove discuss how pension schemes are coping with turbulent markets, and which asset classes are offering the best value.