Country Analysis

Jay Cooper explores the myriad ways Canadian pension funds are implementing de-risking strategies

A new DC plan meant to cover the self-employed and those at small companies could eat away profits of other DC managers, as Jay Cooper reports

Canada's C$151.7bn Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec endured turbulent times during the credit crisis leading to chief executive officer Michael Sabia announcing a stronger risk management ethos to investment strategy in January 2010. Helen Morrissey...

Public funds are facing crippling liabilities in the US, often thanks to inadequate funding by state governments. Chris Panteli discovers how bad the situation is

Chris Panteli talks to Illinois State Board of Investments executive director William Atwood about rebuilding some of the worst funded schemes in the country

CalSTRS and CalPERS have both implemented risk-based approaches to asset allocation, though both have done it in their own, unique way, as Joel Kranc and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

Spain has used the financial crisis to reform its pensions system, yet fears run high that the changes do not go far enough, writes Toby Lewis

Japan's occupational pensions are straining under the pressure to provide pensions for its rapidly ageing population, as Gavin Blair reports

Investors typically look at the movement of the yen against the US dollar, but David Walker warns not to overlook the impact of other Asian currencies

As New Zealand looks set to refine its pensions regulation, Rachel Alembakis looks at how the launch of the FMA will affect KiwiSaver