News
US
US - The $33.2bn Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) has appointed Richard Ingram as executive director.
06 January 2011
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Mexico
MEXICO - Government-regulated pension funds, the nation's biggest institutional investors, reported 1.38trn pesos($113bn) under management in December, figures show.
06 January 2011
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Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said his coalition government will find a compromise on overhauling the pension system within two months that strengthens private savings for retirement.
06 January 2011
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Legislation
Employers are being warned there are only 90 days left before changes to pensions taxation are implemented on 6 April.
06 January 2011
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Europe
EUROPE - Pension funds will suffer "significant capital losses" if they continue to invest in sovereign bonds over equities, a leading fund manager says.
06 January 2011
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US
US - The deficits of S&P 1500 pension funds increased by $86bn to $315bn in 2010, research by Mercer shows.
06 January 2011
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Admin / Technology
The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme is searching for a pensions administrator as it considers a restructuring of its central services.
06 January 2011
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Industry
People with several small occupational pensions should be able to group them together for trivial commutation, Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions research Tom McPhail says.
06 January 2011
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Fixed Income
Fixed income investors should brace themselves for another volatile 12 months but good returns can be achieved, fund managers say.
06 January 2011
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