Record number of pensioners still working; Pensioner job rates hold up in the UK
US/ASIA - State Street Global Markets has appointed four senior transition managers for its global portfolio solutions groups in the US, Australia and Japan.
Employee benefit consultant Enrich has appointed John Sansone as head of pensions.
The Pensions Regulator has overhauled its senior management team and their responsibilities to give defined contribution and auto-enrolment greater importance.
DENMARK - Denmark's biggest pension fund ATP probably won't invest in top-rated bonds sold by Europe's rescue fund as it deems the securities to be too risky, said Henrik Gade Jepsen, the fund's chief investment officer.
US - PIMCO's co-CIO Bill Gross has hit out at US policymakers for introducing "devilish policy tools" to rebalance US debt, effectively "robbing savers".
UK-based pension risk management firm PensionsFirst has expanded its business into the US and Canadian markets.
Buck Consultants has been vindicated of negligence against Singapore Airlines following a discrepancy over the definition of pensionable pay in the airline's scheme rules.
Online fund selection platforms can increase the number of defined contribution members self selecting funds by about half, Bluefin says.
Local government pension schemes are using flawed discount rates in their latest triennial valuations to "grossly understate" their liabilities, an independent consultant says.