SECUIRTY company G4S has switched employees from a contracted in money purchase scheme to a group personal pension.

GLOBAL - The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has called for greater transparency on securities lending and has urged regulators to make clarity a requirement.

MATTIOLI Woods has acquired Pension Consulting Limited in a deal worth £1.925m.

RAILPEN Investments has published a corporate governance guide for the companies it invests with in Singapore.

US - Sacramento County Employees' Retirement System (SCERS) is set to treble its allocation to alternative investments.

NETHERLANDS - The investment director of PME and four other investment managers have joined Mn Services as part of a fiduciary mandate announced in May of this year.

CANADA - The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board (OMERS) has again received an AAA rating from both Standard & Poor's and Dominion Bond Rating Services.

GLOBAL - A substantial majority of pension funds around the world would support a move away from the public projection of quarterly earnings per share in favour of longer term goals, found the results of the latest Global Pensions 100 Panel.

UK - Local authority pension funds have urged the government to adopt more rigorous targets than those set out in the draft Climate Change Bill.

INCREASES in pension contributions by BBC Resources staff have been postponed until next year as part of a pay deal.