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Punch Taverns has hired Hewitt Associates to provide it with administration and pensions manager support services.

Professional Pensions news editor Jenna Towler was awarded trade journalist of the year at the inaugural Society of Pension Consultants Journalist of the Year Award last night.

JAPAN - Mizuho Trust & Banking has broken into the top three largest asset managers in Japan, displacing State Street Global Advisors Japan (SSgA), a quarterly report by the Japan Pensions Industry Database showed.

UK - The total deficit in the pension schemes of FTSE100 firms fell to £64bn ($106bn) over the past three months, latest research from Pension Capital Strategies revealed.

UK - Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m (US$14.9m) levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

IRELAND - Ireland should reform its private pension tax system, including reducing the amount of pension tax subsidies, to control costs and improve the efficacy of subsidies, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said in a...

US - The chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System has warned of being left with merely the appearance of reform as memories of the financial crisis fade.

The Association of British Insurers has appointed Kerrie Kelly as its next director general.

Transport for London has asked the High Court to launch a judicial review into a £9m levy it was ordered to pay by the Pension Protection Fund.

Pitmans Trustees has hired Darren Jefferson as a manager in its business development team.