SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka's private sector employees pension fund (EPF) is planning to start day trading with a small portfolio.

US - The funded status of US pension plans fell by an average of 3.4% following last week's stock market tumble.

US - Nearly half of the 121 changes called for in the damning Kroll report have been completed, San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders has announced.

JARDINE Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions has taken over administration of the defined contribution ITV pension scheme.

US - State officials must raise employer contributions now in order to avoid a 15.1% spike in 2012, the US$32bn Pennsylvania SERS has warned.

US - Florida's US$118bn state pension fund could be forced to divest from any companies linked to Sudan, should a new bill by Senator Ted Deutch be passed.

CHURCH of England clergy will keep their final salary pension scheme after the issue was debated at the General Synod.

UK - The Pension Protection Fund's (PPF's) levy for 2007/2008 has been confirmed at £675m.

THE PENSIONS Regulator has withdrawn the requirement to submit annual declarations and accompanying documentation for stakeholder schemes.

CHINA - The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), a government safety net for China's badly underfunded pension schemes, plans to invest US$750m overseas by end March, in round two of its overseas bond and equity investments.