ARGENTINA - Argentina's pension agency named two directors to the board of Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires SA and Banco Patagonia SA as part of the government's plan to exercise more voting power over companies in which it owns shares.
ARGENTINA/US - Argentina has repatriated US$200m of public pension assets frozen in the US by a court order.
ARGENTINA - President Cristina Fernández announced pension payments will be raised by 8.2% from the beginning of March, taking the level of pension increases to nearly 500% since 2003.