Puting pensions in context: How big a burden are pensions to the FTSE 350 companies that sponsor them? This report illustrate the ability of every company in the FTSE 350 (with a defined benefit pension scheme) to support its pension scheme.

Welcome to our quarterly update, where we summarise the activity in the buy-out and buy-in market during the third quarter of 2009 and comment on the developing longevity hedging market.

Our research, conducted with a representative sample of specialist Cleantech investment managers, brought us to the following conclusion: the sector must still be approached with caution.

Our UK-wide research of employees and employers confirms that the British public are struggling to get to grips with pension and investment issues.

Welcome to our quarterly update, where we summarise the activity in the buy-out and buy-in market during the third quarter of 2009 and comment on the developing longevity hedging market.

Hymans Robertson / Employee Benefits Pensions Research 2009 - we canvassed the views of the HR community to find out what their plans were for dealing with some of these issues.

Welcome to the June 2009 quarterly update of Hymans Robertson’s penSAFE® analysis, which puts the pension schemes of FTSE 350 companies in the context of the businesses that support them.

Summarising the activity in the buy-out and buy-in market during the second quarter of 2009 and comments on the rapidly developing longevity hedging market.

Our UK-wide research of the views of future and current public sector pensioners has produced a number of interesting findings.

Welcome to the June 2009 quarterly update of Hymans Robertson’s penSAFE® analysis, which puts the pension schemes of FTSE 350 companies in the context of the businesses that support them.

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

March 2009 quarterly update of Hymans Robertson’s penSAFE® analysis, which puts the pension schemes of FTSE 350 companies in the context of the businesses that support them.

We are delighted to launch our penSAFE® report, which puts pensions into context for business. Hymans Robertson has combined four distinct measures to clearly illustrate the strain pension schemes now place on FTSE350 firms.

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.

Liability driven investment (LDI) has been the hot topic within the pension industry over the last 18 months. As a result, providers have rushed to launch products. Consequently, we believe this survey is particularly timely.

Our survey covers 20 of the largest institutional currency managers, with £280bn in currency assets under management. This includes over 110 mandates for UK pension fund clients, amounting to £35bn of assets.

The Hymans Robertson Bond Survey has key findings in six main sections. The Size of the Market and Market Share Investment Philosophy and Style Bond Portfolio Construction Team Structure and Resource Performance and Track Record Fees