Regulation

Preparing for auto-enrolment is among The Pension Regulator's top priorities set out in its corporate and business plan 2010-2013.

CANADA - Labour unions in Canada are calling on the federal government to double the benefits paid to retired workers.

CANADA - The Canadian government will go on road show to get feedback from individuals, and have commissioned a series of reports on how to improve the country's pension system.

UK - HM Treasury has trebled its estimate of the one-off costs that pension schemes, employers and individuals will incur as a result of the tax on higher earners' pension contributions it is introducing from 2011, Towers Watson said.

Tom Selby previews the March 25 edition of Professional Pensions.

The government is looking into scrapping the compulsory retirement age, Alistair Darling says.

US - Some of the largest pension fund investors and corporate governance experts in the US have urged senators not to undermine key provisions in a bill proposing sweeping reform of the US financial system.

The WTL International Retirement Benefits Scheme's claim of breach of contract and negligence against Scottish Widows has been rejected in the courts.

US - The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) has said it will appeal against a New York court decision preventing it from recouping its investment in a collapsed hedge fund.

NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM - A group of Dutch and Belgian investors is planning to sue ABN Amro and KBC who acted as counterparties in trades with Lehman Brothers and Ernst & Young who audited the bank's accounts.