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Capita Group is to administer around 1.1m life and pensions policies for Abbey Life Assurance Company and Deutsche Bank in a 10-year deal worth £130m.

First Actuarial has appointed John Cullen to further strengthen its growing team of consultants.

Giovanni Legorano looks at how pension funds are positioning their fixed income portfolios to both minimise damage and maximise opportunity

With many financial institutions in dire straits, there are a lot of unhappy investors out there. Christine Senior examines the class action cases starting to come out of the sub-prime crisis

US - Companies have been urged to consider their formula for matching contributions in 401(k) plans to encourage workers to save more.

Jenny Blinch talks to Eric Baggesen of CalPERS about the challenges of taking on the mantle of head of global equities at one of the world's largest pension funds

Including: AUSTRALIA - New South Wales may sell pension admin business; US - Boeing strike called off; US - MSCI launches Asia indices

FRANCE - A controversial amendment to the social security laws may allow employees to continue working until the age of 70.

Jenny Blinch talks to Christopher J. Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS, about the big investment themes of the next few years and the unique complexities of running a public fund in the US

GLOBAL - Small and mid sized pension funds that invest through commingled funds will be able to access transition management services allowing them to change investment strategy through a newly launched service by BNY ConvergEx.