Pay and benefits cause workers less stress than long hours and poor relationships with colleagues, new research shows.

UK - State Street Corporation has been awarded custody and investment servicing mandates by five UK-based pension funds, worth a total of £950m .

ENVIRONMENTAL, social and governance (ESG) issues will have some impact on companies' value over the short to medium term, research by Ethical Investment Research Services shows.

SCHEME investment in private equity increased six-fold during the past two years, consultants say.

FRANCE - Buck Heissmann France has acquired independent actuarial consultant MODAC.

FINANCIAL advisers Gissings is running a free seminar in March to discuss solutions to a range of problems and risks facing pension schemes.

Pensions deficits hit staff and customers hardest; Rail pension scheme shifts £540m into hedge funds; CM pulls out of group personal pensions

ROYAL Mail's efforts to plug its £6.5bn pension deficit face an in-depth investigation from the European Commission.

UK - Railpen is to invest £400m in hedge funds, as it looks to increase its total portfolio to £1.2bn by December 2007, up from £600m at the end of 2005.

SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds returns nearly halved in 2006 to end the year on 6.9%, according to the Swiss Pension Fund Association (ASIP).