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David Walker speaks to Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild pension fund manager Alexandre Col about his unusual take on hedge fund investments

UK - Some £7.8bn (US$12.3bn) of pension scheme risk transfer deals were completed in 2009, despite challenging financial landscape, analysis from Hymans Robertson revealed.

Some £7.8bn of pension scheme risk transfer deals completed in 2009, despite challenging financial landscape, analysis from Hymans Robertson reveals.

GLOBAL - The rebound in market liquidity since the credit crunch has spelled good news for some pension funds locked into hedge funds during the crisis, as some prominent funds have returned cash to investors sometimes years earlier than expected.

The rebound in market liquidity since the credit crunch has spelled good news for some pension funds locked into hedge funds during the crisis, as some prominent funds have returned cash to investors sometimes years earlier than expected.

GLOBAL - Asset managers and pension plan sponsors are putting working on putting more focus on stress testing and identifying the underlying drivers of risk and return across asset classes in a major overhaul of risk management practices, a new survey...

Credit Suisse Group AG, which sold its Japanese asset management unit in June, will offer alternative investments including private-equity funds to attract the nation's US$800bn in pension money.

Emma Dunkley reports from Global Pensions' annual Transition Management Forum held on September 9, 2009 at Plaisterers' Hall, London

Andrew Walters of Assured Fund explains how the solidification of US tax laws for life settlement funds has wrong-footed fund managers

While considered a good way for smaller funds to diversify, the reputation of multi-manager strategies has been tarnished, as Andrew Sheen reports