There may be trouble ahead!

Emma Oakman reviews the many challenges that schemes face during 2009, when a deepening recession will push back the timetable for recovery

Profile

Peter Davy finds the chairman of the EFRP, Angel Martinez-Aldama, is ready to take a pragmatic approach.

Focus on France

Christine Senior argues that both the government and unions are reluctant to take the tough action the system needs

Fiduciary management

What does it have in common with implemented consulting? More than you might think, says Lynn Strongin Dodds 

Scheme design

Investment volatility pre-dates the current crisis. David Adams assesses how scheme design improves risk management

Cash management

The financial crisis has served to push cash management back up the agenda, suggests Christopher Andrews

Occupational pensions

Csaba Varga of CEIOPS reports that Solvency II topped the agenda when supervisors got together in Frankfurt

Netherlands conference report

Staying ahead of the game was the theme of the recent Summit in Amsterdam. Sophie Baker reports

EFAMA focus

The Association’s chairman, Peter De Proft, examines what last year’s shock waves signify for Europe’s pensions

Hedge funds report

Tessa Kohn-Speyer continues her series on the role hedge funds can play in a European pension fund portfolio

Property investment

Michael MacBrien explains what the EU is doing for real estate investment and how the EPF is helping to shape its policy

Investing in Africa

The The continent’s often unnoticed strengths have much to offer battered investors, says Dr Ayo Salami