State Street

Schemes looking for higher yields face more risk. Stephanie Hawthorne asks if they can take it on the chin in today’s feverish environment.

Confidence among European institutional investors fell by nearly 10 points this month as geopolitical events and stock market volatility hit, but remains positive, according to State Street Global Exchange.

Investor confidence in Europe rose by 16.0 points in January with each region showing growing appetite for risk, according to research by State Street Global Exchange.

Professional Pensions has won two awards at the 16th annual State Street UK Institutional Press Awards.

The Brunel Pension Partnership (BPP) has appointed State Street as its third-party administrator and custodian, while making 15 further hires.

Pension schemes should rethink their approach to defined benefit transfers in response to high demand since Freedom and Choice, writes Kim Kaveh

Investor confidence in Europe dropped by 4.9 points in August despite higher than expected growth and unrealised political risk, according to research by State Street Global Exchange.

Local government pension funds have increased allocation to alternative assets and bonds over the past three years while equities have fallen.

Andy Todd discusses the opportunities asset pooling brings for local government funds

Consolidation within the LGPS points is likely to be replicated across the DB universe in the coming years. Andy Todd looks at what impact this is likely to have.