Baring Asset Management

DC World spoke to Hartwig Kos and Andrew Benton about Barings' Dynamic Emerging Market Fund

Some of the UK's biggest asset managers have teamed up to create the Defined Contribution Investment Forum in a bid to help DC schemes meet members' investment objectives.

Jonathan Stapleton on the fall out from QE2

The lastest round of quantitative easing has made gilts even more expensive and threatens to hasten the exit of international bond investors eager to crystallise profits, fund managers warns.

Almost half of defined contribution members are unsure if they opted for the default fund when they last reviewed their pension, Baring Asset Management research reveals.

The number of workers planning to retire between the ages of 66 and 70 has doubled to one-in-ten since last year, research shows.

About one quarter of adults approaching retirement in the UK is without an occupational pension, leaving them to face the prospect of working indefinitely, Baring Asset Management says.

Nearly 80% of investors now say the eurozone sovereign debt crisis is the biggest macroeconomic challenge facing investment professionals, a poll finds.

Small schemes should be wary of investing in actively managed emerging market funds and stick to accessing the field through passive means, Bluefin Corporate Consulting warns.

Barings' Toby Nangle has joined Threadneedle as head of multi-asset.