INCLUDING: NETHERLANDS - PGGM to offer online savings to members; CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech pension funds' profits drop by Kc1.17bn; TAIWAN - Taiwanese lawmakers debate pension benefits for farmers; MEXICO - Mexico's state power utility changes pension rules;...

US - The US$234bn California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has formally adopted its infrastructure investment policy.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch investment funds have suffered a 6% fall in net worth in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest figures.

LAST Thursday, Professional Pensions revealed The Pensions Regulator had removed authority for 29 pension schemes from an independent trustee firm.

SCOTTISH police forces are facing a recruitment freeze due to pension fund deficits.

WATSON WYATT senior consultant Alan Pickering is leaving the firm after 16 years to become an independent trustee.

MORE than three million workers are unaware their employer provides life insurance and are forking out unnecessarily for private cover, Aon Consulting research shows.

SCHEME trustees and sponsors are in danger of falling into "elephant traps" when looking to de-risk their schemes, Mercer warns.

Trustees warned on value of buy-outs; PPF to publish its voting records; Wall St duo bring in new lending systems; Business gloomy amid expectations of decline

GARTMORE Investment Management has hired Dominic Rossi as its chief investment officer.