Aegon

BP has appointed Aegon to provide it with a UK defined contribution plan.

NETHERLANDS - The Stichting Notarieel Pensioenfonds (SNPF) has hired AEGON Asset Management to run a fixed income brief incorporating a portable alpha strategy, AEGON said.

The UK's combined defined contribution pension value has dropped by £18bn in one month, according to Aon Consulting.

UK- Aegon has let go four members of its European equity team as part of a restructure which will also see the departure of the group's sales and marketing director Jon Bennett.

Pension funds turn to the low-risk area of microfinance; Aegon UK forced to admit pensions blunder

Helen Morrissey looks at the formation of the Pensions Income Choice Association and asks how it aims to increase peoples' awareness of their retirement income options

The Court of Appeal has overturned a tribunal decision that gave an unfair dismissal victim compensation for the loss of her defined benefit pension.

Once the definition of good pensions practice, the Netherlands has been hit hard by the global economic downturn. However, there may be light at the end of the tunnel. as Andrew Sheen reports