Fixed income

Liquidity constraints and policy risks in overseas farmland investments are hampering more allocations to the asset class, delegates heard.

Jai Jacob of Lazard explains how a multi-strategy approach can allow investors to benefit from the better growth prospects of the emerging markets, while minimising volatility risk

Aiming to lose less on pension scheme asset investments will be more profitable than chasing index-based returns in an era of increasing deleveraging, Newton Investment Management say.

Yields on UK gilts jumped in early trading as investors reacted to the threat of a possible downgrade of the UK's AAA rating.

Legal & General Investment Management has launched its first emerging market sovereign debt funds following surging demand from UK pension schemes.

The London Borough of Hillingdon Pension Fund has appointed J.P. Morgan Asset Management to run part of its fixed income portfolio.

Andrew Short considers the value of absolute return bond funds in overcoming the low returns caused by a stagnating economy

UK pension schemes are actively selecting bond managers for specialist mandates to diversify and reduce risk. Andrew Short examines the changing attitudes to fixed income and bond allocations.

Asset management firms will push to take control of defined contribution default fund design as the market develops more sophisticated strategies, the Investment Management Association predicts.

Assets in the pension funds of OECD countries reached $19.13trn at the end of 2010, up from $19.07trn (£11.65trn) at the end of 2007, an OECD report shows.