ING REAL Estate Select has completed a deal with Merrill Lynch to offer schemes derivatives to gain exposure to the central London office market.

UK - The deficit in the FTSE100 pension schemes dropped by £11bn in two months - between October 2006 and December, however the companies are still taking an inefficient approach to scheme funding.

Enquiries to the pensions ombudsman fell by a third in 2006. It would be nice to think this was becau...

CANADA - Most private sector pension fund trustees could face negligence charges after a survey revealed they were giving complete discretion for their proxy votes to their investment managers.

A scheme wind-up victim and his wife have been found dead at their Merseyside home.

BA strike ballot

INTEREST rates will be cut by up to 0.5pc before the end of the year, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership warns schemes.

LEGAL & General has published an updated guide on the implications for group risk benefits following the introduction of age discrimination regulations.

Bulk annuity buyout specialist Paternoster has hired former Prudential business development of annuities director David Still.

Former Institute of Actuaries president Paul Thornton is to lead the government's review of organisations involved in the regulation and protection of workplace pensions.