Regulation

US - A Congressional vote yesterday cleared the way for pension funds and other shareholders to nominate board directors.

UK/US - Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

Less than one in five people would remain automatically enrolled in personal accounts when they are implemented in 2012, according to AXA.

Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

UK - Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m (US$14.9m) levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

IRELAND - Ireland should reform its private pension tax system, including reducing the amount of pension tax subsidies, to control costs and improve the efficacy of subsidies, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said in a...

Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

Employers and workers are being asked to submit their views on the default retirement age to feed into the official government review taking place next year.

EUROPE - The European Commission has adopted additional proposals clarifying the scope of the new European Supervisory Authorities.

The European Commission has adopted additional proposals clarifying the scope of the new European Supervisory Authorities.