US - The gap between retirement needs and employee savings behaviors is widening, a study by Hewitt has revealed.

NETHERLANDS - Shell Asset Management (SAMCo) has appointed JPMorgan to provide pooled asset servicing for its pension funds.

IRELAND - Hewitt's Irish managed Fund Index (IMFI) measuring pension fund performance was down 21% over the last 12 months, the consultancy has announced today.

THE number of people enrolled in occupational pension schemes fell by 400,000 in 2007, official figures show.

UK - The number of private sector employees still in open defined benefit (DB) schemes has fallen below the minimum long-term level expected by the Pensions Commission, Watson Wyatt has revealed.

THE Pensions Advisory Service handled a record number of enquiries last year, its annual report reveals.

GLOBAL - The skill sets of fund managers have failed to keep pace with an increasingly sophisticated investment environment, a survey by KPMG has revealed.

UK - Industry figures have offered a luke-warm welcome to The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) wind up guidance.

US - CalPERS and an Alaskan industry plumbing pension fund have reached a settlement agreement with UnitedHeath Group over a class action lawsuit launched in 2006.

US - The US Department of Labor and Delphi Corp., have received permission for the government to recover more than US$2.2m of plan assets for the Delphi Personal Savings Plan for Hourly Employees.