US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has launched a search for new chief investment officer (CIO) to oversee the US$230bn pension fund.
IRELAND - The pensions industry has criticised the government for guaranteeing the pension liabilities of semi-state bodies.
Boeing is under growing pressure from unions to disclose the extent and funding source of its executive pension plans.
TRUSTEES could start demanding higher contribution rates from cash-strapped companies as economic uncertainty rises, KPMG research reveals.
MEMBERS of the closed B&CE Retirement Benefit Scheme will receive a 4.3pc benefit rate increase.
THE aggregate funding position of the 7800 defined benefit schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened to a £24.1bn deficit at the end of July, latest figures reveal.
ESTABLISHING a group self-invested personal pension can make it easier for senior employees to satisfy company shareholding requirements, Watson Wyatt says.
Trustees to seek more cash from sponsoring employers; Property funds in the black; Property funds in the black
US - Global pension fund deficits improved over last year thanks largely to movements in international corporate bond markets caused by the credit crunch, according to the research by actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
IRELAND - The Irish government has been urged not to take a 'payment holiday' from contributions into the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) due to the worsening economic outlook.