US - Logistics management firm Con-way has announced plans to freeze its defined benefit plan to new entrants at year end in a bid to "reduce exposure to pension cost volatility and make pension plan expenses more predictable".

PENSION Protection Fund chairman Lawrence Churchill is to deliver the next Punter Southall lecture.

THE current government will go down as the one which destroyed the UK's pension system, independent adviser Ros Altmann claims.

THE Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is set to launch a new online absence management tool to help employers.

AON CONSULTING has launched a financial risk consulting service for scheme sponsors and trustees.

TRUSTEES' lack of knowledge is the "core problem" preventing more schemes investing in hedge funds, Paul Myners claims.

A lack of knowledge is the "core problem" preventing more schemes investing in hedge funds, Paul Myners claims.

US - Jean-Michel Loehr has been appointed CEO of RBC Dexia Investor Services Bank, and will also join the RBC Dexia Investor Services executive committee.

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FRANCE - The €29.1bn French Pensions Reserve Fund, Fonds De Reserve Pour Les Retraites (FRR), bounced back from a weak second quarter to increase its Assets under Management (AuM) by €1.5bn in Q3.