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    US pension funds assume “too much" for returns

    2002-03-07T05:00:00Z

    US - A wide gap is developing between the assumptions used by US pension and their rate of return expectations for a number of asset classes, according to research firm Greenwich Associates in Connecticut.

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    US value managers come out on top says S&P

    2002-02-06T03:02:00Z

    US- US value managers comprehensively outperformed their growth counterparts in the twelve months to last November according to the latest research from Standard & Poor’s.

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    US expert to make pensions speech at Oxford

    2001-05-30T06:37:00Z

    UK – Leading US population expert, Dr Linda Martin, president of the Population Council in New York is giving a speech on future pensions in an ageing world at the University of Oxford on Thursday June 14...

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    US equities record worst deficit since depression

    2001-02-15T06:41:00Z

    US/UK - US equities experienced their widest negative margin against bonds since the great depression of the 1930s last year - returning a deficit of 30.4% less than fixed-income securities, according to the annual Equity Gilt Study by Barclays Capital...

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    US plans beat EAFE benchmarks despite negativity

    2001-02-01T11:51:00Z

    US – Pension funds actively investing internationally beat their overseas equity benchmarks last year, despite the performance figures for both coming in below zero...