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THE National Association of Pension Funds has launched a toolkit in a bid to help trustees assess the performance of investment consultancies.

NEW ZEALAND - Lower than forecast returns for the New Zealand Super Fund contributed to the country's operating balance showing a deficit at the end of January.

SCHEMES are not using matching or hedging strategies to reduce liability risk, Pension Protection Fund research reveals.

PERSONAL accounts will fail unless contribution rates and management charges are increased, T Rowe Price warns.

UK - Pension funds' views of consultants have been revealed in the first survey of its kind in the UK, at the NAPF's Investment Conference in Edinburgh.

US - Duff Capital Advisors (DCA), a specialist institutional investment advisory, management and buyout firm, has launched in the US.

US - Consultancy Wilshire has released the results of its annual survey into the health of some 125 state retirement systems.

Firefighters take on pension rules; Hedge fund fears push up Libor rates; Sterling near record low before rate decision; Time for chancellor to enforce more efficiency

THREE firefighters will take their pensions battle against the government to the High Court today.

UK -The Firebrigade's Union (FBU) has launched a legal challenge against a government ruling that has left some badly injured or disabled firefighters without pension rights.