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AUSTRIA - The e2.1bn Austrian APK Pensionskasse is to shift away from low risk absolute return and money market plus strategies going forward due to continuing periods of underperformance.

MINISTERS are set to rush ahead with pension reform without making any attempt to reach cross-party consensus, the Conservatives warn.

THE GOVERNMENT lacks the courage to implement radical pension reform, the National Association of Pension Funds claims.

STANDARD Life's UK life and pensions sales rose 13pc to £263m in the first quarter of 2006.

FSA SIPPs consultation

Governance watchdogs are urging institutional investors to oppose the election of a new executive director at banking group Lloyds TSB.

THE PENSIONS crisis is getting worse with thousands of workers likely to face poverty in retirement, the Conservatives claim.

Flotation boycott call

PENSIONERS want the government to guarantee Royal Mail's scheme if the firm is privatised.

FORMER Cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull has slammed the government for agreeing an "indefensible deal" on civil service pensions.