US - The former CEO of USA Mining Inc has been instructed by a federal district court to restore almost US$5m to the pension plans of Standard Coosa Thatcher (SCT) Yarns Inc.

The National Association of Pension Funds has recruited a team of third-party administrators to represent its PensionsForce programme.

MEMBER-NOMINATED trustees must feel properly valued in order to continue their role, trustees say.

STANDARD Life Investments has launched an investment-only funds platform for defined contributions schemes.

The government's refusal to update existing company share option plan rules is a missed opportunity, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers believes.

ALL scheme boards should include one trustee appointed by The Pensions Regulator, the ombudsman believes.

A QUARTER of the UK's top 100 companies now have a surplus in their pension scheme, latest figures from Deloitte reveal.

JARDINE Lloyd Thompson has shifted its administration consulting business to its software provider subsidiary, Profund.

INSIGHT Investment has appointed chief executive Douglas Ferrans as its new chairman despite being "generally opposed" to such moves.

CORPORATE governance campaigners have urged institutional investors to oppose plans for a boardroom shake-up at media company Aegis - its third in the last nine months.