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Including: AUSTRALIA - ING appoints director of fixed income; UK - Principal announces new hires; UK - BlackRock makes SAS appointment

Life Academy has been selected by the government to provide information and guidance service on work options for the over-50s.

JAPAN - Japanese pension plan sponsors have restored funding ratios to healthy levels and are exploring hybrid benefits structures such as cash balance plans, according to Greenwich Associates.

NEW ZEALAND - Enrolment in the KiwiSaver scheme is occurring three times faster than was predicted, with more than 260,000 New Zealanders enrolled four months after it was launched.

Global Pensions has hosted a debate with key players in the transition management industry following the recent release of the T-Charter.

Liability driven investment strategies have been around for a couple of years now. Global Pensions puts three product providers in the spotlight and asks what's next for LDI

US - Investors are being encouraged to support minority and women-owned business enterprises (MBE), by following the example set by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS).

As pension funds become more at ease using complex investment structures and strategies within portfolios, the increased diversity has created a number of issues for pension fund custodians. Heather Dale reports

Pension reform in China and the rest of Asia has created evergrowing pools of money, which in turn are driving the growth of the financial services sector. Toby Green reports

The US$5.2bn YMCA Retirement Fund is one of the oldest defined contribution pension funds in the world. Under its chief investment officer, Victor Raskin, the fund has embraced alternatives as it seeks ways to increase payments to its members. Alex Beveridge...