Short extension funds burst onto the investment scene last year, but are they living up to their hype? Global Pensions asks a panel of experts

In its second annual roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key spokespeople in Stockholm to discuss investment in emerging markets

Jenny Blinch talks to Christopher J. Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS, about the big investment themes of the next few years and the unique complexities of running a public fund in the US

Jenny Blinch talks to Eric Baggesen of CalPERS about the challenges of taking on the mantle of head of global equities at one of the world's largest pension funds

Even though the shift from DB to DC is slowing down, Jenny Blinch finds the industry prognosis is grim for the future of US pensions

Once again, it is the intervention of foreigners that is causing Japan to open up to the outside world. And a more open corporate sector and fundamental changes in governance could mean an end to the view of Japan as a value trap, explains Joseph Mariathasan...

Keren Holland travels to New York to see how US pension funds' portfolios have been impacted by the credit crunch

In the third of our quarterly debates, Terry Faulkner, Alan Pickering and Alain Kerneis discuss the challenges facing trustees, fund managers and policy-holders in today's turbulent market.

In the UK, we are facing a serious problem. 65% recognise that they need to save more for the long term. More seriously however, of those who have already made provision, there is a real lack of engagement with their pensions as evidenced by the thousands...

Global Pensions asks a panel of experts to discuss the finer points of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and explain how it varies from sustainable investment