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UK pension schemes favour dynamic asset allocation in highly volatile market (14/11/2008) Offshore FoHFs outperform French-regulated, though gap narrows in crisis (31/10/2008) SRI assets grow in diversity, but have returns kept up with market? (03/10/2008) An alternative to alternatives, zero coupon bonds offer best returns (19/09/2008) How should short-extension strategies be benchmarked? (19/09/2008) Do short-extension strategies still present new opportunities for pension funds? (19/09/2008) Microfinance 101 (11/07/2008) Infrastructure cash flows closely correlated to inflation (27/06/2008) Market downturns bolster allocations to hedge funds (02/09/2007) UK pension fund equity allocations continue to drop (15/04/2007) 130/30 101 (15/04/2007) Moody's expects a rating boom in Collateralised Fund Obligations (18/03/2007) VaR 101 (04/03/2007) CPDO 101 (18/02/2007) Commodities much less volatile than perceived (18/02/2007) Pooled Property 101 (04/02/2007) Petrodollars: Russia puts them in treasuries, the Gulf still likes equities (04/02/2007) Pension assets may tilt in favour of fixed income (04/02/2007) Variance Swap 101 (21/01/2007) Hedge funds post biggest gains since 2003, buoyed by distressed debt and emerging markets (21/01/2007) Subordinated debt 101 (26/12/2006) Market-neutral strategies lose ground to emerging market funds (26/12/2006) Heady days coming to an end for high yield (26/12/2006) Buy Write Strategy 101 (10/12/2006) Correlation of hedge fund returns at highest level in eight years (10/12/2006) S&P set to downgrade infrastructure debt as sector heats up (10/12/2006) To link or not to link: outlook on inflation-linked bonds (10/12/2006) Survey shows hedge funds not that hot (26/11/2006) How to play your pension portfolio: Shell shuns LDI (26/11/2006) Emerging markets : growth trajectory intact (26/11/2006) Total Return Swaps 101 (26/11/2006) Customised benchmarks 101 (29/10/2006) Pension money in alternative energy heats up (15/10/2006) Pension funds set to increase exposure to hedge funds (15/10/2006) Doctor Alpha & Mister Beta: For better and for worse (01/10/2006) Fund of hedge funds most popular worldwide, but pension funds prefer property (17/09/2006) SRI assets representing 10-15% of the total European funds under management (17/09/2006) Timberland Investments: Once a US territory, now a global one (30/07/2006) Timberland Investments: Biological growth pays off (30/07/2006) Focus on liabilities boosts the use of derivatives by UK pension funds (16/07/2006) Commodities still a great portfolio diversifier (02/07/2006) Passive commodity investment strategies at risk of underperforming (02/07/2006) Sweden's AP3 smoothed out its entry in the infrastructure world with secondary investments (18/06/2006) Infrastructure investments about to win the hearts and minds of European institutions – look at Canada and Australia (18/06/2006) LDI trend benefits fixed income, high alpha mandates – Hymans Robertson (14/05/2006) Externalities of the LDI approach are raising some questions (17/04/2006) Will water be the oil of tomorrow? (02/04/2006) Alternatives do not scare investors away anymore (02/04/2006) Swedish APs ended 2005 on a sweet note (05/03/2006) Infrastructure Fund 101 (19/02/2006) No need to worry about currency risk (19/02/2006) Commodities: To peak or not to peak, that is not the question (19/02/2006) UK pension funds: More bonds, alternatives, and unconstrained mandates (19/02/2006) Investors hungry for private equity in 2006, but beware of lower results (05/02/2006) The BT pension scheme realises UK's largest commodities investment (22/01/2006) Investor's mindset ready for the concept of alpha portability (22/01/2006) Separating the market chaff from the alpha wheat (22/01/2006) Reinsurers limit use of derivatives to hedging purposes (08/01/2006) Credit derivatives boost fixed income management (18/12/2005) Institutional investors still looking for more alternative assets (18/12/2005) Investors target commodity derivatives (04/12/2005) Could UK pension funds benefit from more equities? (04/12/2005) Asset Management Overlay 101 (20/11/2005) Interest for inflation-linked swaps rising in the UK (20/11/2005) Equity to bond pension switch could hit company profits (06/11/2005) WH Smith takes the LDI turn (23/10/2005) Sortino Ratio 101 (25/09/2005) A full FX hedging might not be the way to go (25/09/2005) Interest rate hedging pays off for Denmark's largest institutional investor (25/09/2005) Hyper charged equilibrium: new balanced mandates (25/09/2005) J-Curve 101 (04/09/2005) First to Default Note 101 (07/08/2005) Indirect investment vehicles to thrive on property growth (07/08/2005) Liability driven investment offering expanding (07/08/2005) As risk becomes investors' main focus, transition management takes a new turn (07/08/2005) Transition performance measurement: transparency might be the answer (07/08/2005) Hedge Fund Observer: expensive, not performing, and still an investment magnet (24/07/2005) Longevity bonds: pension constituents wary of novelty (24/07/2005) Linkers: investors' interest still high despite the lid on inflation (24/07/2005) Derivatives: a perfect match is not everything (24/07/2005) Liability driven investments 101 (03/07/2005) Resource and capacity issues slow down private equity investments in Europe (03/07/2005) Property performing well, but fee structures need to become more transparent (20/06/2005) First budget the risk, then allocate the assets (20/06/2005) Spreads are widening, but it might not be over (05/06/2005) Speculative bonds: back to the basics? (05/06/2005) Hedge funds still fulfilling their mission (05/06/2005) Pension funds drifted heavily towards bonds in 2004 (24/05/2005) Investors barely get what they require (22/05/2005) Volatility has turned the spotlight on active currency management (01/05/2005) Currency overlay now a source of alpha for investors (01/05/2005) Credit derivatives growth prompt changes (03/04/2005) Using derivatives to bypass the asset-liability tools bottleneck (03/04/2005) Exchange Traded Funds: no frills exposure (06/03/2005) UK investors continued to increase their allocation to alternatives in 2004 (06/03/2005) Unconstrained mandates carving up their niche (06/03/2005) Commodities: sounds great, but beware the ebb tide (20/02/2005) Commodities: derivatives or pork bellies? (20/02/2005) Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund shuns hedge funds (20/02/2005) Liability-driven investments could help to fill the gap (06/02/2005) CalPERS adopts changes to asset allocation mix (19/12/2004) Flexible Allocation 101 (07/11/2004) Core-Satellite 101 (24/10/2004) SMCs leaving the twilight zone behind (24/10/2004) European hedge fund asset growth defies bad performance (11/10/2004) Portable Alpha 101 (10/10/2004) Growth vs Value - Don't even ask the question anymore (10/10/2004) Private equity is now firmly anchored in institutional portfolios (10/10/2004) Institutions eager to invest in absolute return strategies (27/09/2004) Första AP-fonden makes a foray into private equity and appoints a new global custodian (26/09/2004) Hedge fund performance still in limbo (26/09/2004) French insurers commit to invest more in private equity (12/09/2004) UK pension funds keep favouring bonds over equities (12/09/2004) High yield: taking pleasure in stock market's pain (22/08/2004) High yield: from a shunned alternative to a mainstream investment (22/08/2004) Equity investments on the rise in Europe (22/08/2004) UK Pension funds looking at hedge funds with caution (22/08/2004) Dynamic Portfolio Insurance 101 (25/07/2004) UK pension funds slashed their domestic equity allocation in the first quarter (10/06/2004) Emerging market bonds and equities can thrive in a changing environment (30/05/2004) Weighting of emerging market assets set to move in institutional portfolios (30/05/2004) Emerging market a useful, but often misleading category (30/05/2004) Pension funds cutting into their equity allocation while Boots increases it (30/05/2004) Small- and mid-caps a must for institutional investors (02/05/2004) Institutional property investment market: still much room for growth (02/05/2004) Property: not equally charming for all (02/05/2004) UK pension funds looking to reduce their equity exposure, but held back by market conditions - report (18/04/2004) U.K. and U.S. pension schemes' equity exposure on the rise, money flowing back to bonds (04/04/2004) UK pension funds increase absolute return exposure - Watson Wyatt (26/02/2004) Pension fund duo earmark $1.5bn for SRI investment (05/02/2004) Dates for the diary - Norfolk CC, Lothian issue equities searches (23/01/2004) Mandate moves - Tesco awards global equities brief (23/01/2004) JPMorgan manages a fifth of all offshore money fund assets (15/01/2004) Norfolk pension fund seeks specialist global manager for £200m mandate (15/01/2004) Largest pension fund in the world says 'yes' to hedge funds (23/12/2003) Dutch pension fund commits €30m to hedge fund of funds (09/12/2003) Europe's biggest pension fund to commit €430m to property (30/10/2003) Rhondda helps new boy ISIS with £125m bonds mandate (01/08/2003) Calpers, Morley and Manchester led Glaxo revolt (23/05/2003) London Pension Fund Authority commits £75m to private equity (20/05/2003) Engineering firm awards MLIM with multi-asset mandate (12/05/2003) Martin Currie adds to global fund range (08/05/2003) Oxfordshire pension fund diversifies portfolio (02/05/2003) Fixed income has had its day - Fund manager survey (20/03/2003) Indirect investment in property is the future for pension funds, charities - Schroders (07/03/2003) Actuaries defend corner over "equities optimism" jibe (26/02/2003) Private equity fund of funds face fallout (24/02/2003) Pension fund roundtable to debate 'death of equity culture' (17/02/2003) Pension funds expect 500bps payoff from private equity risk (11/02/2003) Time to sell gilts and buy corporate bonds - research (18/11/2002) Transition management doesn't have to be painful for pensions - study (17/11/2002) Pension fund loyalty to home-grown equities wanes (05/11/2002) Pension funds can find diversification in property - Schroders (17/10/2002) Time to get active, Dresdner tells investors (31/07/2002) S&P issues warning to yield-chasing money market investors (10/07/2002) Martin Currie forecasts $1bn hedge fund by 2005 (05/07/2002) Pension fund giant to invest $940m in hedge funds (24/06/2002) Game of two halves, says Merrill Lynch, as investors look for value nearer the whistle (20/06/2002) Beware complacency when dealing with credit risk - S&P/Goldman Sachs (18/06/2002) Innovative or not, latest money funds attract serious debate (17/06/2002) Fund of funds survey reveals investors still nervous about high risks (10/06/2002) Markets are not responding, despite "heavy investing" from fund managers (17/04/2002) Hedge funds: A viable alternative for pension fund managers (28/03/2002) Switch to bonds means pensions become safer, but more expensive – Schroders (18/03/2002) Domestic stocks leave US pension funds cold (18/03/2002) Fidelity aims to meet pension fund shift to bonds with new product (08/03/2002) Treasurers told to diversify cash to avoid 'shot in the dark' scenario (18/02/2002) Pension funds should be cautious when shifting to bonds - Schroders (12/02/2002) Property investing remains an untapped goldmine for pension funds - Schroders (05/02/2002) Money market funds to have last laugh? (17/01/2002) Hedge fund index up 1.2 per cent in December, 4.4 per cent for year (17/01/2002) Exposure to equities will increase, say fund managers (16/01/2002) Reduce your risk with fixed income, JP Morgan tells pension funds (14/01/2002) Pension funds' love affair with equities is coming to an end - Phillips & Drew (09/01/2002) Pension funds with bonds outperform equity-heavy investors - survey (08/01/2002) Clash of the egos as hedge fund consolidation tipped to increase (19/12/2001) Will money fund yields 'go negative' by 2002? - MMF forum, New York (12/12/2001) Boots and bonds: Pension fund investment shift based on corporate finance theory, says trustee (26/11/2001) Fund managers offer new hope of equities rebound - Merrill Lynch (15/11/2001) UK pension funds' preference for bonds over equities to continue - survey (09/11/2001) FDs to increase fixed income allocations in wake of FRS 17 - Gartmore (06/11/2001) Boots' pension fund kicks equities into touch (30/10/2001) Pension funds gear up for further small cap investing (18/10/2001) Which way now? Investors look for alternatives as they see markets plunge (21/09/2001) Latest FTSE fallout sees pension funds run for hedge fund cover (12/09/2001) ICI's pension fund given a fixed-income facelift (15/08/2001) Equity bias increases risks for pension funds, claim actuaries (12/07/2001) Diminishing returns force local authorities to rethink pension fund allocation (05/07/2001) Pension funds encouraged to invest in private equity, but warned of risks (03/07/2001) Hedge funds the answer to trustees' search for diversified risk (02/07/2001) Joining the euro could prompt UK pension funds to 'go global' for better returns - Merrill Lynch (14/06/2001) Money market funds step up competition with improved returns (11/06/2001)