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United Kingdom
UK - The National Association of Pension Funds has updated its corporate governance policy and voting guidelines ahead of the 2009 annual general meeting season.
13 February 2009
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Uncategorised
SALARY increases and bonuses varied considerably across the pensions industry in 2008, an exclusive Sammons Pensions survey shows.
13 February 2009
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Denmark
DENMARK - The DKK39bn (£4.5bn) Industriens Pension, the DKK1.8bn (GBP191m) Pensionskassen for Håndværk og Industri (PHI Pension) and the DKK4.7bn (GBP499m) Pensionskassen for Nærings- og Nydelsesmiddelområdet (PNN Pension) have agreed to merge with an...
13 February 2009
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Investment
THE National Association of Pension Funds has updated its corporate governance policy and voting guidelines ahead of the 2009 annual general meeting season.
13 February 2009
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Press
Schroders cuts back as profits half; Legal & General at record low amid fear of cash call; France to press for hedge fund crackdown
13 February 2009
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Regulation
Pension Protection Fund proposals to include longer term risk alongside existing one year scores when calculating individual levies are "convoluted" and "completely wrong", BrightonRock says.
13 February 2009
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Europe
EUROPE - The European Parliament industry committee has approved the creation of a pan-European pension fund for researchers.
13 February 2009
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US
US - Declining asset values and discount rates caused pension funds to lose some $445bn during 2008, Watson Wyatt has said.
13 February 2009
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Regulation
THE Pensions Regulator has approved the financial support arrangements for Sea Containers' two UK group pension schemes.
12 February 2009
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United Kingdom
UK - Three more schemes entered the Pension Protection Fund during last month, resulting in a further 745 people around the UK receiving compensation either now or in the future, the PPF reveals.
12 February 2009
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