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Rachel Alembakis looks at the challenges faced by Australia's super funds as they face up to the worst returns in 20 years

Despite being on the agenda of almost every pension fund and asset manager, there is a marked lack of consensus on SRI. Giovanni Legorano reports

LOCAL Government Pension Scheme ill-health regulations remain unclear, GMB says.

THE Scottish Public Pensions Agency has announced its revamped pensions administration system will go live on September 16.

THE government should introduce a class action system similar to the one in the United States, a report by the Civil Justice Council says.

THE government has made a U-turn over the qualifying earnings test for personal accounts, Standard Life says.

THE Pension Protection Fund has announced its chief executive Partha Dasgupta has resigned.

GLOBAL - A global poll carried out recently by SEI's Pension Management Research Panel has found the number of defined benefit pension funds using LDI strategies in five key markets has doubled since 2007.

UK - The chief executive of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), Partha Dasgupta, will stand down from his role in June 2009.

ICELAND - Net assets for pension payments increased by ISK200bn (US$2.4bn) during 2007, a report by the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has found.