News

UK - Fidelity International has launched its first institutional absolute return fund aiming to help defined benefit (DB) pension plans gain access to a range of traditional and alternative investments.

SINGAPORE - The FTSE Group, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) are to launch new indices by the end of this year.

US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) may have moved even closer to compulsory divestment from Iran after the passing of a new bill in the state assembly on 6...

TRUSTEES of the West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme are considering asking The Pensions Regulator to issue its first ever financial support direction, PP has learned.

UK - Mystery surrounds the origin of a £6.5bn (US$13bn) transfer between UK pension funds revealed in the Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2006 MQ5 tables.

Peers back pensions crisis fund; How tunes have changed on pensioners' rights; AstraZeneca finance chief quits for a top role at Goldman Sachs

US - New changes in pension law affecting American Airlines and Continental Airlines have reportedly left two US senators fuming.

THE GOVERNMENT is holding talks over whether to provide personal account trustees with indemnity insurance, PP can reveal.

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL has launched its first institutional absolute return fund in a bid to help schemes control deficit risk.

PEERS have defeated the government in a key vote on the creation of a "lifeboat fund" to help 125,000 scheme wind-up victims.