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US - The City of Cincinnati Retirement System has revamped its investment portfolio.

UNION members demonstrated today over fears that pensions may not be safe following the merger of the AA and Saga.

TRUSTEES and non-executive directors are concerned over how actuaries deal with mortality assumptions, a report by the influential Actuarial Stakeholder Interests Working Group published today reveals.

PEERS have voted through an amendment to the Pensions Bill allowing people to buy back up to nine years of "lost" national insurance contributions at retirement.

JAPAN - Nomura Holdings has denied it is in talks with the country's fourth-largest bank, Resona Holdings, to join the two firms' asset management and investment banking businesses.

US - The $8bn Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (LASERS) has appointed JPMorgan for a US$92m high yield fixed income mandate.

UK - Resolution Asset Management is going to set up a multi-manager boutique in a 50/50 venture with a trio of multi-managers from Fidelity.

NEARLY two-thirds of pension schemes cite regulation as one of their top three concerns, an online poll by the National Association of Pension Funds reveals.

UK - Regulation has topped the list of pension scheme concerns, according to National Association of Pension Funds survey.