STATE STREET Global Advisors has boosted its London-based team with the appointment of three investment professionals.

EUROPE - The Members of European Parliament (MEP) Pension Fund has made its first property investment after awarding a €10m mandate to Arlington Securities.

Scheme members near retirement could lose out on revamped benefits because trustees are struggling to implement new legislative changes, experts claim.

Two Labour MPs are using the Freedom of Information Act to answer wind-up victims' fears over Financial Assistance Scheme funding.

The Accounting Standards Board has postponed the implementation of amendments to pensions accounting standard FRS17 for three months.

A scheme indemnity product that gives members greater security and helps firms manage cashflow better has been launched by financial services giant Aon.

THE PENSIONS Regulator has published its updated guidance on cross-border schemes within the European Union.

SCHEMES investing in global infrastructure funds face a dot com-style bubble, rating agency Standard & Poor's warns.

The government's aim to reach consensus on pension reform seems to have hit the buffers with its plans for personal accounts. And, as so often, a major stumbling block remains the vexed issue of means-testing.

ADOPTING a centrally administered model for personal accounts will cut down on "red tape", industry experts claim.