US - State Street has called for enhanced disclosure in transition management as the boundaries between business models become increasingly blurred.

Be open about public sector pensions; 3i commits to venture capital; Aegon reports strong UK pensions sales; Axa vetoes UK acquisition; Interest rates could keep rising

SENIOR company management must tackle pensions issues in a more proactive way, financial services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers warns.

THE GOVERNMENT has published final amendments to the pensions aspects of age discrimination regulations.

EUROPE - ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services has appointed five relationship managers, to be based in the UK, Netherlands and Germany.

UK - The recently announced changes by the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) to better align FRS17 with IAS19 have no significant consequences for pension funds, an industry expert has claimed.

US - State Street has called for enhanced disclosure in transition management as the boundaries between business models become increasingly blurred.

UK - Paternoster announced it has taken on the pensions assets of the Cuthbert Heath Family Plan (CHFP), in a deal said to be worth around £10m.

PATERNOSTER has secured its first deal with the pension scheme of insurer Cuthbert Heath.

THE government is set to halve the amount of pensionable pay council workers can contribute into additional voluntary contributions.