Dominic Delaforce, co-head of Liability Driven Investment EMEA at Aberdeen Asset Management, outlines how the often prohibitive costs of moving to LDI for smaller companies can be offset by appropriately structured pooled fund investments.

Anthony Biddulph, senior relationship manager for the Nordic region at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, looks at the benefits of focus portfolios for pension funds who have already decided to invest in equities – empowering fund managers to break free of the benchmark and exploit opportunities as and when they arise.