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Sebastian Cheek looks at how the role of custodians has grown in the last 20 years and how they can benefit pension fund governance

Inefficiencies within the field of pensions technology have prompted a seldom-seen cooperation forming in the financial services. Gill Wadsworth looks at how the shared goal of achieving standardisation has become the driving force in testing times

Christine Senior examines the current prospects for sustainable investment

As pension funds around the world to take investment decisions, amid levels of unprecedented uncertainty, the advice of investment consultants becomes more important than ever.

Once the definition of good pensions practice, the Netherlands has been hit hard by the global economic downturn. However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. as Andrew Sheen reports

The financial crisis has shown that not all cash and money market funds are as safe as first thought. Sara Utecht discovers that trustees need to fully consider the risks involved

Giovanni Legorano looks at how pension funds are positioning their fixed income portfolios to both minimise damage and maximise opportunity

Chaired by Incisive Media's Lawrence Gosling and including Paternoster business development director Ian Aley, Lucida chief actuary Andrew Stoker, Pensions First partner Timothy Lyons, Legal & General sales development director Hugo James and Watson Wyatt...