Legislation

Here it is - the complete shortlist for this year's UK Pensions Awards.

In the first of two critiques, Paul Klumpes gives his response to the UK Accounting Standards Board's recent discussion paper, The Financial Reporting of Pensions

The smooth running of the Swiss pension industry has been interrupted by the knock-on impact of the sub-prime crisis and lingering debates over administrative consolidation and minimum interest credit payments. Andrew Sheen travels to Geneva and Zurich...

Infrastructure experts say it offers diversification and safety from troubled markets. Andrew Sheen examines how pension funds can invest in the asset class

In its first ever roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered industry experts in London to discuss the long and short of 130/30 funds

UK - Pension scheme trustees have been set a deadline of two years to ensure the key activities of winding up are completed, under a consultation paper issued today.

In January 2008, Global Pensions launched the inaugural New York Transition Management Forum New York. It was attended by pension fund managers, asset controllers and industry professionals from all over the US. Reporting by Elizabeth Pfeuti

Santiago Montenegro and çlvaro Pedraza give an overview of the Colombian pension system

AUSTRALIA - A full-scale review of Australia's existing retirement incomes system needs to be launched by the new Labor government to deal with a confused and fragmented policy landscape, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees...

UK - A pledge to review the contribution cap and transfers ban applied to personal accounts has been welcomed by the chief executive of the committee overseeing their design and implementation.