SWITZERLAND - Swiss economic prospects have improved slightly so far this month, but continue to hover at a very low level, according to Credit Suisse.

GLOBAL - Global Wealth Allocation (GWA) is to restructure, moving part of its business to New York and setting up a presence in Australia for the first time.

US - The call for Congress to provide relief for corporate pensions is gathering pace, with Watson Wyatt warning defined benefit plans could be frozen if the government fails to take action.

THE 12th annual UK Pensions Awards - the single largest gathering of the corporate pensions industry in the UK - will take place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

MORE schemes will trigger regulator scrutiny as recovery plans move outside ten year guideline, Xafinity Consulting claims.

EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL has gone out to tender for a transition manager for its pension funds.

High corporate bond yields flatter BT pension fund liabilities; Abstain on funding vote, Barclays investors told; Europe is in recession after bank meltdown

GOVERNANCE and member understanding can be substantially improved through the introduction of "white labelling", Zurich says.

WRAGGE & CO has appointed former West Midlands Pension Fund chief pensions officer Mike Woodall to strengthen its public sector pensions team

AUSTRALIA - The government has issued a discussion paper to try to tackle superannuation restraints and reduce the number of lost super accounts which now totals almost A$13bn (US$8.5bn) .