JLT Employee Benefits has confirmed the appointment of Peter Ball as managing director of the recently formed JLT Investment Solutions.
UK - The use of transition management within the defined contribution is set to grow as the move away from defined benefit provision continues, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.
US - J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired James Gearin as chief operating officer of its retirement plan services business.
US - Institutional investors rebalancing their portfolios following recent market volatility have leaned towards investments in high-dividend equities, active emerging markets and selective commodities, officials at J.P. Morgan Asset Management find....
US/GLOBAL - International equity was one of the top performing asset classes over the second quarter of 2011 and the year as a whole, with seven of the top ten international equity products returning more than 50% for the year, research by Informa Investment...
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.
US - Institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of 2011 at the expense of domestic active equity and fixed income, new research shows.
JLT Benefit Solutions has confirmed it has appointed J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of UK institutional business Peter Ball.
EUROPE - At an emergency summit in Brussels, EU leaders have finally settled on a debt relief plan for Greece.
ASIA - Asian infrastructure represents one of the best routes to capturing growth in the region's buoyant economies, J.P. Morgan Asset Management believes.