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UK - The Railways Pension Trustee Company (Railpen) has appointed Chris Hitchen as chief executive following the retirement of Peter Murray.

UK - Schemes will have to be nimble to meet the raft of changes which are likely to take effect next year, delegates at the recent NAPF Conference heard.

UK - Schemes will be forced to adopt mandatory governance legislation if voluntary guidelines are not followed, delegates at the recent NAPF Conference were told.

UK - The £2.4bn Lancashire County Pension Fund has put out to tender £960m of its assets in a move from balanced to specialist investment management.

UK - Government changes to the Pensions Bill will force companies into insolvency and place a greater burden on the Pensions Protection Fund, lawyers warn.

UK - Pension schemes may be forced to help pay retrospective compensation in three years because the government has not set aside enough money.

UK - The Australian compulsory private superannuation model does not ensure a higher savings ratio among scheme members, delegates were told.

UK - Lawyer Stuart Lippiatt, who established the pensions practice at Norton Rose, has died. He was 56.

UK - The governments of 30 countries - including the UK - have signed up to the revised OECD corporate governance code of best practice.

UK - Shareholders in household cleaning products firm Reckitt Benckiser have been urged to vote against the company's remuneration report.