Train drivers have overwhelmingly backed strikes at Midland Mainline and Silverlink in disputes over pension provision.

The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has signed up to the United Nations principles for responsible investment.

UK - The Pension Corporation's takeover of Marconi remnant, telent, may have stumbled as the would-be buyer secured seven days to "clarify" its position.

The Pensions Regulator has appointed three independent trustees to the Telent Pension Scheme.

More than half of employees suffering from mental illness are too embarrassed to tell their employer, research shows.

UK - Half of all workers currently aged 30 may live to the age of 100, according to figures released by Paternoster.

US - Companies have been given the power to automatically enrol employees into 401(k) and defined contribution (DC) pension schemes under the terms of a ruling by secretary of labor, Elaine Chao.

THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch central bank and pension supervisor, DNB, has appointed BlackRock as fiduciary manager to its own pension scheme.

UP TO half of today's 30-year-olds could live to the age of 100, according to research from buyout specialist Paternoster.

Including: UK - Postal agreement; ITALY - New manager for New Star; UK - Pictet announces new CMO