Benchmarking report summarising the key findings of the 2007 round of actuarial valuations of the Local Government Pension Scheme in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.

Clients will ultimately assess our manager research capabilities based on the performance of managers we help them to appoint, together with the advice they receive. This report gives our clients an overall picture of where we are adding value.

This survey provides an overview of this growing segment of the UK pension fund market in alternative investments. It forms part of our ongoing series of publications analysing investment managers across a range of key asset classes.

This review, now in its fifth year of publication, analyses the UK investment management industry, highlighting market trends and innovation in product development alongside a definitive leader board of UK investment management firms

This survey provides an overview of this rapidly growing segment of the UK pension fund market for active bond management.

Employee benefits have become integral to organisations’ remuneration policies. But, as with pay policies, ‘reward’ strategies are affected by prevailing economic conditions. The true affect of the current ‘credit crunch’ has yet to be determined, but the uncertainty caused by the sub prime meltdown is manifest.

There are a number of drivers for increasing pension fund interest in ESG issues. This is reflected in widespread support for the new UN Principles for Responsible Investment and the two core ESG strategies embedded in these principles.

They may be largely unpaid volunteers, but pension fund trustees are increasingly powerful figures.

This review looks at the UK fund management market and highlights the trends within the UK pensions industry over the last 12 months.

The Hymans Robertson UK equity survey looks at both core and high alpha products; it has been split into six sections. The brief commentary below summarises the key findings from each of these sections.