AUSTRALIA - The government has released draft legislation on the disclosure of covered short positions in the Australian financial markets.

UK - Mortality assumptions will not be used as a primary trigger for funding plans, The Pensions Regulator said today.

GLOBAL - Aging populations and changing mortality assumptions are the greatest threat to the long term viability of pension schemes, major consultants have again claimed.

MORTALITY assumptions will not be used as a primary trigger for funding plans, The Pensions Regulator says.

US/ASIA - Barclays Capital has been given permission to re-open several business divisions of Lehman Brothers, including its fixed income and equity trading desks and strategically important indices business.

The University of Dundee has appointed Xafinity Consulting to provide it with actuarial, investment and consultancy services.

The £3bn Lothian Pension Fund has confirmed it will continue with a class action case officers and directors of Lehman Brothers.

SCHEMES have been reassured that despite current market volatility Exchange Traded Funds are protected due to their legal structure.

Liability-driven investment assets managed by large UK fund managers have increased by 27pc since the beginning of the year, Aon Consulting has revealed.

Lehman collapse will test LDI models; Hedge fund returns money; MEPs demand openness from hedge funds