TRUSTEES should be given statutory immunity from prosecution to boost the number of people volunteering for the role, a leading pension lawyer says.

AUSTRALIA - The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Mercer's Anne Whittaker to the newly-created role of senior policy adviser for investments.

Tight regulation of defined contribution schemes will limit choice for members, delegates at the Professional Pensions Scheme Administration Show heard.

There is a changing dynamic within occupational pension provision. A growing number of companies, it seems, are no longer prepared to leave their schemes' destiny solely in the hands of trustee boards but are bringing in their own experts to devise funding...

ALMOST 60pc of people aged over 45 are worried their pension pot will be insufficient when they retire, new research shows.

EU foundations bigger

THE GOVERNMENT has not provided any justification for increasing the administration levy for the Pension Protection Fund, respondents to a consultation say.

US - The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) has sacked Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Batterymarch from $1.4bn and $140m mandates.

FIRST STATE Investments (UK) has become a signatory to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment

Conservative moves to make government research on alternatively secured pensions available to MPs look set to fail.