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DENMARK - The ATP Group posted a loss of DKK2.4bn (US$425.8m) for the first quarter of 2009 mainly due to losses on the Special Pension Savings Scheme (SP).

Public sector pensions must be tackled for the sake of the economy; Europe's age crisis begins to bite; Anger over €700,000 pension as SocGen chief bows to demands for his resignation

Whitbread, the leisure group, has formulated a 10-year recovery plan to repair its £388m pension scheme deficit, the company confirms.

Political pensions - the real scandal; Pay MPs a flat (fat) salary; Whitbread's defined deficit

It will take more than 20 years to recover pension fund deficits if contribution rates remain unchanged, Towers Perrin warns.

Age Concern and Help the Aged has backed calls from the work and pensions select committee to scrap the national default retirement age.

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has appointed 10 new fund managers in a move to diversify its investments.

US - The trustees of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) have unanimously agreed to immediately suspend the use of placement agents, firms and middlemen in investments with the NYC Pension Funds, NYC comptroller William Thompson has...

"Overly prudent" trustees have increased ongoing funding targets by five percentage points, PricewaterhouseCoopers research reveals.

The Longevity Science Advisory Panel has been established to look at factors that could affect future life expectancy.