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UK - Industry commentators have broadly welcomed the Pensions Regulator's decision to scrap plans to use mortality assumptions as a funding trigger.

AUSTRALIA - The Australian government has eliminated double superannuation in Australia and Germany.

UK - Pension fund commitment to commercial real estate has remained undimmed despite market turbulence, latest research shows.

UK - The government must introduce automatic increases to pension savings when member's salaries rise if people are to have a decent standard of living in retirement, BlackRock says.

AUSTRALIA - Investment managers and superannuation funds by and large support the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's (ASIC) decision to suspend short selling of all ASX-listed securities for 30 days, saying that extraordinary events require...

More than 20pc of companies believe personal accounts will lead to leveling down of pension provision, a Gissings survey reveals.

Gwynedd Council has gone out to tender for an active global equity investment manager for its pension fund.

A campaign group backed by Age Concern has lost a key stage in its legal challenge against mandatory retirement ages.

Trustees of the £180m Lehman Brothers UK defined benefit pension scheme have lodged an initial claim with the Pension Protection Fund.

Setback in battle against compulsory retirement; Lehman's £100m pensions hole; More TI pensions assets transferred; Shares dive as Paulson fights for rescue deal; Darling tells regulator to curb City's bonus culture; Money market fund outflows; Hedge...