Regulators should not "pass the buck" to blame pension funds for poor corporate governance, scheme managers say.

Trust-based defined contribution schemes will become "significantly" more popular with employers in the run up to 2012, Hymans Robertson believes.

DENMARK - The DKK355bn (US$61.3bn) ATP pension fund has invested US$400m in renewable energy technology.

UK/US- Steve Webster has joined Credit Suisse as director and head of its Europe, Middle East and Africa transition management team.

NETHERLANDS - A bill has been introduced into the Dutch Parliament that would open the Netherlands to the IORPS market.

AUSTRALIA - Industry superannuation funds outperformed master trusts in February, according to analysts Chant West.

US- Illinois governor Pat Quinn has proposed to suspend contributions to the state's five retirement systems in an effort to shore up the state's balance sheet.

US - New Jersey has sued several members of Lehman Brothers over losses incurred by the state pension fund following the bank's failure last year.

Trustees are struggling to meet governance challenges presented by the current economic downturn, Hewitt Associates warns.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration elected a range of chairmen and vice-chairmen for key board committees this week.