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A HIGH Court judge has upheld trustees' rights to demand extra cash from sponsors despite new scheme specific funding regime.

GLOBAL - Differences in national regulations are creating an unlevel performance playing field for direct benefit (DB) pension schemes according to a new survey by Allianz Global Investors.

FIVE INVESTMENT management firms and third-party administrators have launched an initiative to enable straight-through processing for the institutional pensions market

SOUTH KOREA - The National Pension Fund may help local companies fight off overseas takeover bids to avoid firms falling into foreign hands, according to a government official.

US - Disillusioned DuPont workers announced they plan to rally today at the company's Richmond plant to protest over cuts to pensions and transferral to a defined contribution (DC) scheme.

SCHEMES investing in Russia should look beyond the traditional oil and gas sector, Baring Asset Management says.

INVESTMENT management firms are vying to build a presence in the Asia Pacific property market to meet scheme demand for global diversification.

THE LONDON Borough of Newham Pensions Fund has appointed JPMorgan Asset Management to manage a £15m currency mandate.

MPC INVESTORS will launch a new hedge fund for institutional investors in September, the fund manager has announced.

US - CalPERS has been warned that to perform better in fixed income it needs to recruit more staff and provide better incentives.