News
Defined Benefit
The John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust has seen its accounting deficit rise by 16% to £479m in the first half of the year.
14 September 2011
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Appointments
Towers Watson has lost its UK head of defined contributing investment to Fulcrum Asset Management.
14 September 2011
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Appointments
RSM Tenon has further expanded its corporate pensions business with the hire of Steve Ingram.
14 September 2011
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US
US - Pension funds have strengthened their calls for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue new regulations on proxy access.
14 September 2011
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United Kingdom
UK - The aggregate funding deficit of schemes in the PPF 7800 index shot up by 75% in the month of August pushing funding levels below 90%, latest figures show.
14 September 2011
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US
US - Pension funds and other News Corp. shareholders have brought fresh charges against the media giant's senior management and board of directors for repeated failures to correct illegal conduct.
14 September 2011
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Legislation
More than a third of employers have not considered the impact of auto-enrolment on temporary staff, despite agency worker rules coming into force next month, Allen & Overy says.
14 September 2011
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Australia
AUSTRALIA - The A$17bn ($17.3bn) Sunsuper superannuation fund has retained Mercer as its investment consultant for the next three years.
14 September 2011
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Industry
More than one in three workers in the UK has no pension, according to a survey by Prudential.
14 September 2011
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North America
US/CANADA - McGraw-Hill, owner of ratings agency Standard & Poor's, has agreed to divide itself into two separate entities following demands from shareholders including the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
13 September 2011
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