CANADA/NEW ZEALAND - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has released the latest details of its long-delayed plan to increase its holdings in Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL).

NETHERLANDS - The Dutch associations of pension funds (VB, OPF and UvB) have released a handbook designed to advise pension funds on how best to approach ethical investments.

GREECE - The conservative government has called for the amalgamation of 155 separate pension funds down to 20 in order to improve economies of scale and reduce waste, according to reports in Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

Pension provision at Remploy should be reformed to help save all 83 factories managed by the company, the GMB union claims.

Due to unprecedented response to the 2007 Professional Pensions Show registration for the event will close at 1pm tomorrow.

US - The Securities and Exchange Commission has been urged not to proceed with a vote which could stop shareholders from being able to influence the membership of company boards.

Cowen Group has launched a UK asset management business focusing on long-only equities as attractive valuations bring the sector back into favour.

The National Association of Pension Funds has backed down over controversial plans to recommend mandatory independent compliance reviews for schemes.

Running personal accounts on a target annual management charge of 0.3pc may be unrealistic, the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority chief executive Tim Jones warns.

CANADA - A C$165m (US$168.6m) venture capital fund is to be established in Ontario with pension money to create jobs and help companies, according to premier Dalton McGuinty.