Europe

NORWAY - Norges Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem signaled his opposition to removing Norway's $520bn oil fund from the central bank after a Cabinet minister suggested the fund's size may require putting it under new management in future.

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NETHERLANDS - Pension funds failing to meet coverage ratio requirements will be able to postpone the proposed premium increase until 2012, the Dutch central bank said.

GLOBAL - The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors has launched a set of standards to strengthen supervisory techniques globally.

UK - State Street Corporation has been appointed as fund administrator for the National Employment Savings Trust.

UK - The Life & Longevity Markets Association has unveiled a series of publications on longevity, as part of a drive to further standardise the longevity market and to bring the creation of a longevity market one step closer.

UK - The Pension Protection Fund has recorded a £400m ($641.5m) surplus, compared with a £1.2bn deficit the year before, figures published today reveal.

UK - Active membership in private sector defined benefit schemes declined by 200,000 to 2.4 million in 2009 but remained constant in the public sector, official statistics show.