RISING life expectancy has added £30bn to UK pension scheme liabilities in just two years, analysis by accountant KPMG reveals.

GERMANY - Despite being told their state pensions would be frozen until 2009, 20 million German pensioners are set to receive an increase of 0.54% to their monthly income on 1 July.

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CREDIT SUISSE has appointed Gary Withers as vice chairman and head of asset management for the EMEA region.

CHINA - The vice-chairman of China's state pension fund has admitted its equity allocation had reached as high as 39-40%, leaving it "somewhat overexposed".

THE impact of inflation on pensioner households has hit record levels, new figures show.

A government review into making better use of scheme assets to compensate wind-up victims is already in chaos, Pensions Action Group campaigner Ros Altmann claims.

US - T. Rowe Price's assets under management grew by $10bn less in Q1 of 2007 than in Q4 2006, bringing its total to a record $349.9bn, according to the firm's recent report.

UK - Employers are in danger of contributing too much into pension schemes and creating future disputes with scheme members over the application of surpluses, according to research from Aon Consulting.

RISING inflation rates could create a "two-tier" defined benefit pension system, experts warn.