Europe

John Redwood urges schemes to look beyond Europe

Schemes' desire to reduce volatility has resulted in a significant increase in asset allocation changes in the past 12 months, Baring Asset Management research shows.

UK pension funds have helped Aberdeen Asset Management launch two new diversified growth funds, rolled out to capitalise on the growing demand from investors for DGF investments.

CHINA - The head of the IMF pleaded with China to support the eurozone as she warned the global economy is heading for a "lost decade".

The UK has been ranked twelfth in a global list of sustainable pension systems.

The majority of European multinational companies would like to develop cross-border pensions but differing regulations among member states and uncertainty over changing European rules are giving plan sponsors pause, AEGON finds.

The panellists discuss how emerging markets can reduce a portfolio's volatility, how allocation between equity and debt should be split, and the key drivers set to affect EM investment

UK fund managers are losing market share to alternative investments and must target broader assets owned by institutional investors to stave off further losses, McKinsey & Company say.

Academics and industry specialists are working hard to make longevity risk investable on the capital markets, but the process is not without its growing pains, as Chris Panteli discovers.

Schemes will remain locked into safe but unspectacular UK commercial property returns until the end of 2011 due to worsening global market conditions, a report concludes.