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Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden are on top of the list with their reformed public pension schemes in the EU, while Spain, Austria and France have made the least progress, according to a new study released by Merrill Lynch. The...

About 80% of employers will have set up a Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme for their staff by the deadline of February 5, Raymond Tam, executive director of Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority told International Pensions News.

Despite passing the first hurdle, Germany's pension reform may have little effect on the economy and has been accused of failing to address the demographic shift underway in the country.

The Electrocomponents Pension Scheme decision on who it should choose as its global custodian has been delayed.

Henderson Global Investors (HGI) has won three pension fund mandates from Calor Gas, Laporte and Daily Mail & General Trust pension schemes.

The Belgian government is expected to pass legislation which allows for the introduction of sector-wide pension funds with investment guarantees within the next 2-3 months.

The £78.5m Telegraph Staff Pension Plan is to drop Schroder Investment Management as the sole active balanced manager for its defined-contribution (DC) scheme.

The Paris-based blue-collar state pension fund, Association des Regimes de Retraite Complementaires (ARRCO), is putting FFR8bn of its FFR80bn assets out to tender.

Inverness-based Highland County pensions scheme has confirmed that it will be reviewing their actuarial services, because of Best Value.

Edinburgh-based development and construction company Miller Group has appointed Watson Wyatt, the actuarial, benefits and human resources consultancy as advisers to its £60m pensions scheme, replacing William M Mercer.