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Jim Leggate has been made head of UK institutional at Russell Investments and will relocate to London from the Middle East.

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

UK pension schemes have invested heavily in their local market but Helen Morrissey asks if they can benefit from looking further afield.

Aatish Suchak highlights the importance of managing carbon risk in a portfolio.

The Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF) has moved its entire £280m global passive equities portfolio into low carbon passive indices following concerns over its climate risk exposure.

Recent IPD figures show healthy returns can be had from the residential property sector. Helen Morrissey looks at the opportunities and challenges this sector holds for pension schemes.

Savers in defined contribution (DC) default funds are far more exposed to emerging markets than they realise, a research paper has warned.

Roger Urwin has become the newest member of the 300 Club, an independent group made up of leading investment professionals from across the globe.

The Church of England (CoE) Pensions Board has appointed MSCI ESG Research to help it filter out investments in high interest rate lenders, tobacco, pornography, gambling and weapons.

Share prices of firms with the biggest pension deficits relative to their size have significantly underperformed the market average in the last three years, says Morgan Stanley Research.