LONG-AWAITED guidance on arrangements for member-nominated trustees and directors has finally been published by The Pensions Regulator.

It will not come as a surprise to many readers that the market for restructuring corporate benefit ar...

US - The budgets of many US cities are being pressured by growing pension fund contributions at a time when other rising costs were also competing for city resources, a study by Standard & Poor's Rating Services has found.

An equity upswing is unlikely in the coming months but schemes could benefit from share buybacks and merger activity, Merrill Lynch Invest-ment Managers claims.

COMPANIES using group self-invested personal pensions could face future legal action from employees who lose their savings by making risky investments, Scottish Life fears.

New disclosure regulations due to be introduced in October have been scrapped by the government because they need further review.

DENMARK - The DKK398.6bn (e53.4bn) ATP recorded half year profits of 4.5bn, despite changing interest rates causing a drop in both assets and liabilities.

COMMON investment funds returned 16.1pc over the last 12 months, latest figures reveal.

JAPAN - Former Mizuho Pension Research Institute chairman, Shoji Yamada, has joined North Trust Global Investments (NTGI) as executive advisor - part of the firm's expansion of its Japan team.

Saga has joined the fight to win compensation for 125,000 pension scheme wind-up victims.