M&G Investments

UK - M&G, the asset management arm of insurer Prudential, saw profits rise 39% in the first half of 2011 despite a sharp decline in inflows.

EUROPE - M&G Investments has closed its Real Estate Debt fund with €343m ($491m) of institutional investor commitments.

UK - The Institutional Investor Committee has confirmed the membership of its newly-formed Advisory Council.

Infrastructure is becoming increasingly popular with pension funds seeking long duration, reliable cash flow and inflation protection. Chris Panteli finds out more about the asset class

UK - Schemes will find opportunities in actively managed inflation-linked bonds next year due to the differential between RPI and CPI-linked bond yields, an asset manager claims.

US - A third round of quantitative easing in the US would lead to the collapse of the dollar, M&G's Jim Leaviss has warned.

EUROPE - Institutional investors with concerns about rising interest rates should consider Europe's leveraged loan market, M&G Investments believes.

Global Pensions gathered industry experts to discuss the lessons learned from the sovereign debt crisis, and where to find returns in the fixed income market going forward