Pension fund investment - an alternative approach

Guy Fraser-Sampson asks why there are such different approaches to alternative asset allocation across European institutional investors

The changing face of the consultant

Peter Davy reflects on the ever evolving role of the consultant across Europe

The golden era?

Natalie Dempster asks whether the time has come for pension funds to consider gold

Spotlight onPME

PME, the industry-wide pension fund for the Dutch mechanical and electro-
technical engineering sector, manages the pensions for more than half a million people. Francesca Fabrizi meets Bram van Els, spokesman for the fund, to discuss the challenges the fund faces in this turbulent and evermore scrutinized marketplace

Property: which way now?

Should pension funds look to re-allocate their property holdings to reflect current markets conditions or leave well alone? Christine Senior finds out

The Swiss approach to pensions

Lynn Strongin Dodds asks what’s troubling Swiss pension funds in today’s market