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Laura Blows explores what caused the move away from active management, the role it can play within pension fund investment and how adding alpha can turn its reputation around

GLOBAL - For the second year in a row, Dutch retirement systems came first in a global pension index comparing private and public pension schemes based on adequacy, sustainability and integrity.

UK - The Financial Reporting Council has revealed the 68 signatories to the UK Stewardship Code.

The Financial Reporting Council has revealed the 68 signatories to the UK Stewardship Code.

MSRPS; SSgA; Baillie Gifford & Co; BlackRock; Mercer; Matrix Group; International SOS; Nestlé; HSBC.

Mercer has recruited Roslin Wright to the role of client relationship manager and principal for the consultant's outsourcing business.

GERMANY - Pension plan liabilities will reach an "historic high" before the end of the year due to low interest rates and falling bond yields in Germany, Mercer warns.

EUROPE - The European Court of Justice may equalise annuity rates for men and women, but doing so could make women's pension income even worse, experts warn.

US - Mercer is to cease providing investment consulting services to public sector defined benefit schemes in the US.

The European Court of Justice may equalise annuity rates for men and women, but doing so could make women's pension income even worse, experts warn.