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EUROPE/ITALY - The European Commission has issued a new request for Italy to move swiftly to equalise the retirement age for men and women.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a Green Paper looking at reforming corporate governance in financial institutions.

EUROPE - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a Green Paper looking at reforming corporate governance in financial institutions.

Pension fund managers could have been forgiven for feeling like the worst had passed when the industry emerged from 2009, though it appears the glow of recovery was merely a reprieve.

Chairman of the Hedge Funds Standards Board Antonio Borges believes the EU's directive on alternative investment fund managers has come at a bad time, as David Walker reports

SPAIN - The Spanish congress eked through a freeze on state pensions for 2011 by only one vote as the country implements a package of emergency measures to tackle its deficit.

What will this week bring from embattled Europe? The sovereign debt crisis has been gathering momentum, and like a pendulum swinging, with each pass it gathers speed and force.

Pensions now have little relevance to employers and are no longer a major employee benefit for many firms, Terry Faulkner says.

The National Association of Pension Funds this week urged the European Parliament to vote down an amendment to a controversial directive that would further hinder its members accessing EU-based alternative funds.

EUROPE - The international trade body for hedge funds, along with the NAPF, this week urged the European Parliament to vote down an amendment to a controversial directive that would hinder its members investing in EU alternative funds.