Regulation

Tom Selby previews the March 11 edition of Professional Pensions.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Jonathan Boersma, executive director, Global Investment Performance Standards, at the CFA Institute.

US - The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 pension fund (IBEW) has sued Goldman Sachs accusing the firm of excessive bonus payments.

The industry is giving The Pensions Regulator too much power by asking its permission prior to making decisions, HamishWilson says.

IRELAND - The Irish government unveiled a set of sweeping reforms to the country's pension system which include raising the state retirement age to 68 and the introduction of a mandatory scheme for all workers in the coming years.

UK/NETHERLANDS - The Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has rejected a request by Hermes and the Universities Superannuation Scheme to investigate Canon's tender offer worth €730m (US$998.4m) to buy Océ.

Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman Steve Webb talks to Tom Selby about being the party who asks the awkward questions.

The government should tackle the Pension Protection Fund's £1.2bn deficit by halting automatic increases in compensation payments, a consultant says.

BT's rivals have attacked the telecoms giant for seeking to charge customers to help plug its £8.8bn scheme deficit.

EUROPE - The current version of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive does not have the qualified majority support in the in the European Council (EC) needed to pass, a document by the EC showed.