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Global Pensions talks to David Morris of GWA about fundamental indexing

Pension funds are becoming more active in the private equity secondary market at a time when activity is hitting historic highs. Helen Fowler finds out why investors are drawn in despite narrow spreads

Almost none of the Global Pensions 100 Panel believe the US dollar will be replaced by the yuan as the world's reserve currency.

S&P's decision to downgrade the US has tempted none of the Global Pensions 100 Panel with holdings in US Treasuries to sell.

DENMARK - Danish pension provider ATP recorded a profit of DKK8.1bn ($1.6bn) in the first six months of 2011 driven by high returns in commodities and inflation-related assets.

The importance of properly identifying a scheme's statutory employer is critical and The Pensions Regulator's statement on the issue was not hard hitting enough, a lawyer says.

ASIA - ING Investment Management Asia's CIO believes the yuan will become a reserve currency within the next two years driven by the ongoing debt problems in Europe and the US.

Making further, deeper changes to public sector pensions is the only way they will ever be fair to taxpayers, Charles Cowling says.

Lord McFall has called for an industry code of practice to establish a normal 0.5% for defined contribution management fees.

A maritime union has called on the government to broaden auto-enrolment legislation to include seafarers and offshore workers who are excluded from the law because they are not "ordinarily resident" in the UK.