Europe

UK - The number of investment consultancy tenders by defined benefit schemes fell in the first half of 2010, research shows.

UK - Transfers from contracted out defined benefit schemes to non-contracted out schemes will be permitted following a government rethink.

EUROPE - Institutional investors' still wrongly define green investing and socially responsible investment despite growing demand for the two themes, a European-wide survey says.

UK - Nearly three-quarters of corporate executives running DB schemes say they will look to cut investment risk over the next five years, research finds.

UK - Russell Investments has given its transition management data from the last five years to the Inalytics Transition Implementation Performance Standards database.

UK - Pension funds could be ditching responsible investing principles in their relentless hunt to get higher returns from their asset managers, Kas Bank warns.

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP has set up a venture fund to target domestic and Nordic IT and telecommunications companies.

UK/US/CANADA - The Pensions Regulator is expected to argue in the High Court today that a liability that flows from a financial support direction should be treated as an administration expense.

DENMARK - The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority plans to release mortality benchmarks in the coming days which will be used to help calculate pension liabilities.

Pension funds should be preparing their operational arrangements for a potential fracture in the eurozone, Schroders chief investment officer Alan Brown warns.