Asset Allocation

Schemes are abandoning passive trackers in favour of multi-asset and target date funds, DCisions research claims.

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at scheme choices

Scheme bond allocations will hit 70% within five years as investors seek a "safe path" away from equity volatility to more stable assets, JLT Pension Capital Strategies predicts.

UK pension scheme assets under fiduciary management have reached £40bn, a study of the burgeoning industry reveals.

GLOBAL - Pension fund assets accounted for almost $30trn of investment manager assets worldwide in 2010, research by TheCityUK shows.

UK pension funds had $2.9trn (£1.9trn) of assets under management at the end of last year, a survey finds.

US - AQR Capital Management has launched a $100,000 annual award competition for academic papers that have the most significant practical implications for investors.

Mercer has recruited Paul O'Connor as head of asset allocation for its investment management business in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The use of alternative assets by pension funds grew by 16% in 2010 to $952bn (£596bn), according to research by Towers Watson.

Lothian Pension Fund has gone out to tender for two investment advisers to sit on its Investment Strategy Panel following the expiration of the current adviser contracts.