ITALY - The Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza dei Giornalisti Italiani has hit back at media reports which recently indicated the pension fund for Italian journalists was in financial troubles.
US - Former TCW chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach has lured more than 30 members of his old fixed income team to his new firm DoubleLine.
US - Total assets at the California Public Employees' Retirement System returned to US$200bn yesterday, a $40bn increase from its March lows, the pension fund said.
Scott Wilson Group has reported a tripling of its defined benefit scheme deficit over the past six months after declining corporate bond yield rates caused accounting valuations to soar.
The Society of Pension Consultants has condemned the delay to the introduction of personal accounts and said the move "belies confusion and indecisiveness on the part of the government".
Swiss Re has confirmed it was the counterparty behind a £750m longevity swap with the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.
UK - Swiss Re has confirmed it was the counterparty behind a £750m (US$1.2bn) longevity swap with the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.
SEI has teamed up with RiskMetrics Group to provide independent risk management and reporting services to clients.
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Watson Wyatt has hired Paul Herbert from Hewitt Associates to its expand its defined contribution investment team.