SEI has extended to its defined contribution master trust in a bid to alleviate the burden caused by the growing number of deferred members.

THE London Borough of Wandsworth Pension Fund is set to restructure its £700m portfolio.

THE £1.2bn Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has hired State Street Global Advisors to run a £140m passive equity mandate.

HEWITT Associates has published a guide in a bid to help firms decide whether a buyout is the right option for them.

NEARLY nine-tenths of pension schemes are complying with regulations on member nominated trustees, latest Trades Union Congress research reveals.

European rules could hit bulk annuity providers; Commercial property demand slump; Banks try to offload £3.6bn of HBOS shares

US - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC) faces serious operational and organisational challenges in its human resources, according to a damning report issued last week by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).

US - Pressure from pension funds has influenced the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve part of the Financial Services Bill which calls for better climate change disclosure by publicly traded companies.

CANADA - Pension plans were lifted into positive territory by rising home-based energy stocks, but their diversified portfolios meant they did not match the country index's gains in the second quarter of 2008.

UK - The London Borough of Wandsworth pension fund is to tender between £475m and £750m (US$948m-$1.5bn) across four new mandates, as part of a restructuring of its portfolio.