News
Industry
The European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority will seek industry comments on Europe's IORP directive as it prepares its advice to the European Commission.
11 July 2011
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Defined Benefit
UK companies are needlessly paying £5bn into defined benefit pension schemes because their funding targets are more than 10% higher than necessary, PwC research finds.
11 July 2011
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Global
GLOBAL - The use of alternative asset by pension funds grew by 16% to $952bn in 2010, according to research by Towers Watson.
11 July 2011
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Mandates
UK - Lothian Pension Fund has gone out to tender for two investment advisers to sit on its Investment Strategy Panel following the expiration of the current adviser contracts.
08 July 2011
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Appointments
David Norgrove has been appointed as chairman of analytics company PensionsFirst Group.
08 July 2011
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Europe
EUROPE - The European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) will seek industry comments on Europe's IOPRPs directive as it prepares its advice to the European Commission.
08 July 2011
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United Kingdom
UK - Large-scale, collective private sector schemes should be set up in competition to NEST - allowing companies to offer DC without running their own scheme, the incoming chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds says.
08 July 2011
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Appointments
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
08 July 2011
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Defined Contribution
The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into auto-enrolment and the National Employment Savings Trust.
08 July 2011
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Appointments
US - The $15.3bn San Francisco Employees' Retirement System is looking for five in-house senior portfolio managers.
08 July 2011
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