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Check out the Global Pensions Awards 2010 Supplement, which complements this month's edition of the magazine. See photos of the ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on March 2, and read exclusive interviews with the winners.

IRELAND - Bank of Ireland's (BoI) pension deficit hit record negative levels at the end of 2009, when it reached €1.6bn (US$2.1bn), the bank's preliminary results for the nine months up to December 31 revealed.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pensions are set to rise by 0.4% on average to correct for wage and price increases, the latest quarterly bulletin by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) revealed.

Now the dust has begun to settle on the financial crisis, Laura Blows explores what impact the recession had on employee benefits packages

Private sector defined benefit pension schemes are 85% funded, Pension Capital Strategies says.

The Pensions Gap: Disparity between public and private sector grows; Rock 'n' roller tries to tune up pensions: An Interview with Tim Jones, NEST

Schemes will be able to reclaim withholding taxes from Spain after the country's government amended legislation on the tax treatment of dividends.

SPAIN/EUROPE - Schemes will be able to reclaim withholding taxes from Spain after the country's government amended legislation on the tax treatment of dividends.

Australian Seven Network news has tracked down former Money Portal director Tony Morris living in one of the most expensive houses in Australia.

The Serious Fraud Office has been accused of ignoring fresh leads in the £52m GP Noble case by an Australian news network that discovered Tony Morris living in luxury in Sydney.