United Kingdom

UK - The Treasury Select Committee will today hear evidence from the pensions regulator David Norgrove as part of its inquiry into private equity.

UK - Alliance Boots pension fund trustees have reached an agreement with Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR) to protect the fund which has been backed by Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott.

UK - The Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF) is looking for an investment adviser for its trustees.

UK - Transport for London (TFL) has called the ballot for strike action over the TFL pension fund "extremely premature".

UK - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has been commended for the announcement that it will issue its first Financial Support Direction to the Sea Containers Ltd (SCL).

UK - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) was dropped from two mandates by the Clwyd Pension Fund.

UK - AXA Rosenberg has scooped a £345m (US$684m) mandate from The Pensions Trust.

UK - The TUC's online tool letting pension fund managers keep tags on asset managers' votes at AGMs may be largely unnecessary for some larger funds.

UK /NETHERLANDS - Pensions trustees have thwarted a takeover bid for chemical company ICI by Dutch conglomerate Akzo Nobel.

UK - BP Pension Fund head of investment, Colin Maltby has retired leaving the £13bn (US$26.5bn) fund in surplus of an estimated £2bn (US$3.9bn).