ROYAL Bank of Scotland is offering new employees a cash bonus for joining their defined contribution plan in a bid to keep their pensions offering competitive, delegates heard.

FUND managers are maintaining strong cash balances despite a 10pc rally in equity markets during the last three months, new research reveals.

FLEXIBLE working could be the answer for a nation of workers on the brink of burnout, research shows.

INSTITUTIONAL investors are being urged to oppose the report and accounts of Amstrad over concerns about the dominance of its founder Sir Alan Sugar.

UK - Life expectancy at age 65 in the UK has reached the highest level ever for both men and women, according to a statement issued by the National Statistics Office.

NORWAY - Global - the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - funded three fixed income and four equity mandates in a record-breaking third quarter that saw it surpass ABP as Europe's largest pension fund.

GLOBAL - A historic agreement drafted between 19 countries, including Spain, Portugal and much of Latin America, would allow migrant workers access to "trans-border" state pensions.

LOCAL government workers will converge on parliament tomorrow to protest against proposed changes to their pensions.

THE FACULTY of Actuaries is to consult its members on merging with the Institute of Actuaries.

CHINA - Now is the time to carry out much-needed pension reforms, said the governor of the People's Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, who was in Melbourne at the weekend for a meeting of the G20 finance ministers.