Europe

UK - Hard bargaining and encouraging competition helped institutional investors hiring managers save over a quarter on the fee levels they were initially quoted last year, research shows.

The first anniversary of the Coalition government has marked a year of relentless pension reform. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether these reforms have been successful

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment

In the second of a three-part series on the sustainability of pensions in the UK, Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, discusses the strength of private DB schemes

In February 2011 Danish pension fund ATP announced it was considering entering the UK market with an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). Helen Morrissey talks to ATP's Morten Nilsson about the decision

Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports on a new wave of activism starting to swell in Italy

CANADA/NORWAY - A consortium of investors including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to acquire a 24.1% stake in Norway's Gassled Joint Venture.

UK - Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.

UK - Schemes will find opportunities in actively managed inflation-linked bonds next year due to the differential between RPI and CPI-linked bond yields, an asset manager claims.

UK - Aviva has appointed Trevor Matthews as chief executive of its UK region and as an executive director of Aviva.