Axa

Jonathan Stapleton on the approaching need for passive strategies

More than half of the pensions industry feels that liability-driven investment techniques could be used for defined contribution schemes, Schroders research reveals.

Schroders and Axa Investment Management are looking to launch liability-driven investment products for the defined contribution market, PP can reveal.

Andrew Short delves into the Brazillian economy

Axa has said it is considering a sell-off of Bluefin Advisory Services, the advice business it owns.

Russell Investments, Aviva, Franklin Templeton, AXA IM, Pioneer

Employers forced to cut pay rises to pay for pension plans; Companies warned not to dismiss pay revolts; Axa asks staff to give up index-linked pensions; Pensions worry QE2 will raise liabilities; High price for overstating inflation

GLOBAL - JLT Investment Solutions, New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association Board, AXA Investment Managers, BlackRock, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, F&C Investments, RPMI, Oddo Asset Management

Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the opportunites that exist for investors in the real estate market and how initiatives such as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark will affect them

Jonathan Stapleton on risk and bursting bubbles