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Professional bodies are set to roll out a raft of new qualifications and training courses aimed at non-pension professionals tasked with administering auto-enrolment.

UK - F&C is considering whether to launch a fiduciary management service in the UK.

POLAND - Poland's government maintains its position that contributions to private pension funds should be reduced to help curb the deficit, according to Michal Boni, an adviser to Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) terminated AllianceBernstein and Capital Guardian Trust from domestic large-cap equity mandates worth a combined $2.5bn.

SWEDEN - Swedish buffer fund AP6 posted net returns of 9.4% in 2010, beating its target returns of 6.5%, the fund said.

UK - The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a further nine asset managers to provide credit investments for the fund.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a further nine asset managers to provide credit investments for the fund.

AUSTRALIA - The Government has launched a discussion paper on plans to introduce higher superannuation concessional contribution caps for members over 50.

rpmi has announced it will include scanable barcodes on future member communications in a bid to boost multi-channel engagement and keep printed communication alive.

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