UK - According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act in the UK, pension funds and industry bodies urged the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) not to implement proposals to redistribute the levy so pension schemes posing the greatest catastrophic...

UK - The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group Pension Fund has received 76 applications for just four member nominated trustee (MNTs) positions.

UK - Smaller pension schemes have better access to liability driven investment (LDI) vehicles in an increasingly competitive market, according to new research from KPMG.

US - Pension fund money could help stabilise the financial markets following the New Jersey Investment Division's commitment to buying convertible preferred shares in two giant financial institutions.

Final salary schemes continued to move away from equities last year as further diversification of asset allocation took place, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

UK - Pioneer Investments has appointed Roger Price-Haworth to the newly created role of head of institutional & wholesale business UK.

Pensions secretary Peter Hain was guilty of "incompetence" after failing to declare large sums of money which funded his deputy Labour leadership campaign, the prime minister said last night.

CANADA - The majority of pension plans are failing to give investment managers direction on proxy voting, a survey from the Shareholders Association for Research and Education (SHARE) has found.

GLOBAL - Leading institutional investors have written to participants of the UN Global Compact, assessing the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in corporate performance.

Parmenion Capital Partners has launched the Consolidation Small Self Administered Scheme following a joint venture with Premier Pension Services.