PREMIER Pension Services has bought the trustee company of NPI SIPP from Pearl Group

EUROPE - Pioneer Investments is to leverage the recent integration of Activest into the Pioneer group to expand its offering in the Italian, Dutch and Danish pensions markets.

IN THE November 30 edition of Professional Pensions we published an article under the headline D&B accused of 'racketeering' - PP Exclusive which made a number of criticisms of Dun & Bradstreet in relation to its provision of credit information to...

ABERDEEN Asset Management has posted a rise in pre-tax profits of 70pc in the first full year since it bought Deutsche Asset Management's UK business last year.

XAFINITY has appointed Simon Stretton as its new chief information officer.

US - The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) has demanded state lawmakers find a solution to plug the unfunded pension liabilities in the state teachers' pension fund that ballooned by almost US$2bn in the past two years.

THE GOVERNMENT has received a rebuke for failing to submit its defence for the legal challenge launched by scheme wind-up victims.

GERMANY - The German market could prove "attractive" from a buy-out perspective given the relatively low regulatory barriers and growing interest in buy-outs across Europe, according to Deutsche Bank.

CHINA - China's enterprise annuity system could become more market managed rather than come under the umbrella of the state-controlled social security fund in the wake of the Shanghai government pension scandal.

SOUTH AFRICA - A consortium involving the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has had a purchase offer of ZAR6bn (US$850m) accepted by South African glass manufacturer Consol.