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JUNE MULROY has been reappointed as executive director of business delivery at the Pensions Regulator.

UK - Proposals to overhaul the way pension fund assets and liabilities are calculated could be the final tipping point for DB schemes, National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chief executive Joanne Segars has warned at a public meeting on the issue....

UK - Two charities are to lobby UK pension funds and fund managers on the risks posed by inadequate analysis of the human rights and environmental impacts of mining projects in developing countries.

UK - Paternoster has launched a quarterly affordability index for pension funds looking to buyout the risks of their defined benefits plans.

THE £4.3bn Merseyside Pension Fund has gone out to tender for two to five unconstrained managers to run a £450m UK equities portfolio.

PATERNOSTER has launched a quarterly index analysing the cost of buying out defined benefit pension scheme liabilities.

COST pressures, workforce issues and union negotiations will be key issues affecting the Local Government Pension Scheme when personal accounts are introduced in 2012, delegates heard.

GLOBAL - Mercer has announced it will now place greater emphasis on the extent to which fund managers pro-actively integrate environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) into their mainstream investment process.

NORTHERN TRUST has hired Douglas Gee as UK and Irish pension fund sales manager in its asset servicing group's business development team.