Global equities

The perception of bond markets being overvalued has fallen significantly, after concerns of a price bubble escalated last December.

The number of funds that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they make investment decisions is small according to MSCI research.

There would be little to gain from Britain leaving the EU, according to a paper from BlackRock Investment Institute (BII).

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes should move away from index-linked gilts and increase exposure to risk assets in order to plug deficits, according to research by Fathom Consulting.

Two factor-based equity funds have been launched by Unigestion in collaboration with RPMI Railpen which is providing seed capital for the projects.

The funding level of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pensions Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 index has improved on the back of rising gilt yields.

PP asks if schemes should be worried about big surges in volatility

The majority of respondents to Professional Pensions research are worried stock or share bubble may be about to burst.

Rupert Brindley believes good times are just around the corner for struggling defined benefit schemes

Eurozone and Japanese equities will outperform the US market next year as their central banks start to move in very different directions, according to NN Investment Partners.