Liability Driven Investment

UK/US - State Street Corp. has taken a minority stake in PensionsFirst Analytics, which offers a web tool that can provide actuarial valuations on a daily basis, and has plans to take the London-based firm global.

CANADA - The C$32.6bn (US$32.5bn) Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) posted a 15.2% profit for 2009 on the back of gains in North American equities, according to its 2009 annual report.

Pension schemes took a step back from inflation hedging measures in the last quarter of 2009, figures from the latest F&C Liability Driven Investments survey show.

In recent times structured products have increasingly grown more attractive to Australian superannuation funds - a trend that is set to contune, as Rachel Alembakis reports

US - The funding status of US corporate pension plans rose to a six-month high in November, according to BNY Mellon Asset Management Statistics.

US - Institutional investors in the US could move some US$300bn to $500bn from US large-cap strategies in the next three to five years, a survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch showed.

UK - Schemes hedged liabilities of more than £11.4bn (US$18.6bn) during the third quarter of the year, analysis from F&C revealed.

Schemes hedged liabilities of more than £11.4bn during the third quarter of the year, analysis from F&C reveals.

Fixed income covers an umbrella of investments and funds have been increasing their weighting towards it, as Sebastian Cheek reports

Henry E. Teitelbaum looks at the need for increased regulation and the investment opportunities that public-private partnerships will bring