Global

The subject of much recent debate, the proposed Solvency II regime has the European pensions industry divided. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports

Jenny Blinch travels to Tokyo and finds the corporate DB pensions industry reeling under the effects of the credit crunch

Like most asset classes, property has taken a hit in the credit crunch. However, experts predict a return to profitability in the not too distant future and pension funds are urged to bide their time. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports

GLOBAL - Fears of inflation have all but evaporated among fund managers, reaching their lowest level since the downturn of late 2001, Merrill Lynch's latest fund manager survey has revealed.

GLOBAL - Bank of New York (BNY) ConvergEx Group has announced its Global Transition Management business achieved record growth in July 2008.

INCLUDING - AUSTRALIA - Super funds told to diversify; US - Engineers gear up to sue CalPERS; UK - Scots in dark about retirement

GLOBAL - Pension funds make up the highest proportion of investors in unlisted infrastructure funds, a study by Private Equity Intelligence (Preqin) has shown.

US/UK - The US$420bn Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities fund (TIAA-CREF) has launched its first overseas office in London.

US - Global pension fund deficits improved over last year thanks largely to movements in international corporate bond markets caused by the credit crunch, according to the research by actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

INCLUDING: CHINA - New Star appoints associate director; UK - HSBC renews mandate with Carmarthenshire; GLOBAL - IASB publishes amendments proposals; UK - BNY sole custodian to Co-operative Group; UK - PMI supports regulator's proposals on record keeping....