US - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Merrill Lynch with conflicts of interest and misleading pension fund clients when advising over its money manager programmes.

UK - Oil giant Ineos has ended months of staff unrest by agreeing a revised set of pension changes with trade union Unite.

Less than 20% of employers believe they are currently getting full value from the money they spend on employees' pensions, research by Watson Wyatt reveals.

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Employers are using a range of methods to stave off the need to make staff redundant, the chartered institute of personnel and development says.

Trustees and employers will be spared historical pensions challenges after the deputy pensions ombudsman ruled court time limits should also apply to his office.

The Society of Pension Consultants has met with high ranking pensions ministers to discuss its plan to support the industry through the recession.

Taxpayers will have to find an extra £335bn over the next 50 years to fund gold-plated public sector pensions, a report claims.

UK - The trend of cutting dedicated SRI research is 'short-sighted' and 'counterproductive', FairPensions says.

NETHERLANDS - Extended recovery periods for under-funded pension schemes should be decided on a case by case basis, the Dutch Association of Industry Wide Pension Funds (VB) has argued.