CANADA - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) has submitted a bid for a C$84m (US$84m) stake in oil and gas company NuVista Energy.

Taxpayer will foot £16m bill for MPs' pensions; Hain urges employees to ‘take responsibility' for pensions; Hain still in breach of donation rules; Write-down fears weigh on Credit Suisse

US - Californian pension schemes face an $118bn shortfall in retiree healthcare benefits over the next 30 years, according to a recently released report on the viability of the state's public retirement systems. This is in addition to a previously reported...

THE HENRY Boot Pension Scheme has appointed Capita Hartshead as administrator.

THE SOCIAL Housing Pension Scheme has appointed Janet Hennessey as its scheme advisor

THE PENSIONS BILL 2007 passed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday following a four-hour parliamentary debate.

MPs' pensions cost taxpayers £20.5m a year - more than double the official estimate, latest research from John Ralfe shows.

THE £10BN Strathclyde Pension Fund has reappointed Northern Trust to act as its custodian.

US - The Oregon Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) has acquired seven grocery retail outlets with co-investor Regency Centers & Partners for $76.6m (€102.8m).

UK - The government may have missed yet another opportunity to solve the growing pensions crisis, according to a senior partner at actuaries and consultants Barnet Waddingham.