United Kingdom

UK - The Strathclyde Pension Fund will be reviewing all its investment managers this year to make sure their strategies are in line with its socially responsible guidelines.

UK - Oxfordshire County Council has reappointed BNY Mellon as custodians of its £1.02bn (US$2bn) pension fund.

UK - With the Treasury putting UK unfunded public sector occupational pension liabilities at £800bn in 2007, calls have been renewed for the government to implement a proposal that could simultaneously plug the deficit and reduce spiralling costs of private...

UK - Default options for defined contribution (DC) schemes need to be re-examined to offer the best investment opportunities to avoid a potentially disastrous retirement problem, according to Watson Wyatt.

UK - Over half of the 200 largest pension schemes contributed to an aggregate surplus of £6bn at the end of April 2008 according to Aon.

UK - The EMI pension fund trustees have asked the Pensions Regulator (TPR) to step in and help with talks with its owners, Terra Firma amid suspicions it is looking to buyout the fund.

UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has published its management plan for the next three years, including consultation of the levy and introducing new technology.

UK - Petrochemical company INEOS and trade union Unite have held further talks after a two day strike at the company's plant in Grangemouth, Scotland over pensions.

UK - The relevance of a survey showing scheme members lacked confidence in pension fund buyout firms has been questioned by Paternoster's Mark Wood.

UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has launched a consultation to equalise compensation it gives to men and women.