AUSTRALIA - Super funds are "on track" for another year of double digit returns, indicated the findings of the most recent Intech Super Survey.

CANADA/EUROPE - Teachers' Private Capital, the investment arm of the C$106bn Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), has opened its first office outside Canada in London to focus on direct European investment.

EMPLOYERS offering staff group personal pensions should consider setting up trustee board-style committees to oversee them, Truestone Asset Management believes.

UK - The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has more than doubled its allocation to alternative assets from 7% to 15%.

SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds have begun investing heavily in platinum, according to reports by trade press to the mining industry.

THE ENHANCED Analytics Initiative has released summary findings of a study of investment research on mergers and acquisitions.

KKR comes up with just a slice of Boots pension demand; Friends Provident shares rise on interest from Axa and JC Flowers; Council invests £200m in hedge funds; LSE targeted by short sellers

THE pensions ombudsman's office is likely to be scrapped following an institutional review for the department for work and pensions, industry sources have told PP.

THE former Boots pension schemes rose £20m into surplus in the past financial year, preliminary results reveal.

Websites could face lawsuits if they continue to claim final salary schemes provide guaranteed benefits for members, an online pensions information group warns.