UK - The pension industry should engage more with people on how much they invest into their pension pot rather than focusing on the specific investment advice, industry figures said.

GLOBAL - Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving managers of alternative strategies grew to a record 50% of all global asset management transactions in the first quarter, data by Jefferies & Co.'s Financial Institutions Group revealed.

NETHERLANDS - The Shell pension fund for the company's Dutch employees gained 26% in 2009 in what is the best result the scheme has achieved in the last 10 years.

CANADA - Canada Post pension plan returned 16.2% in 2009, ending the year with C$13.58bn (US$13.59bn) in assets under management.

CHILE - Chilean pension funds grew 30.8% to US$119.1bn in the 12 months up to March 2010 on the back of gains in non domestic equities investments, regulator Superintendencia de Pensiones revealed.

US - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) has appointed Aaron Meder to the newly created position of head of US pension solutions.

CANADA - The C$32.6bn (US$32.5bn) Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) posted a 15.2% profit for 2009 on the back of gains in North American equities, according to its 2009 annual report.

ROMANIA - Romanian mandatory private pension funds posted a 9.5% profit for the first quarter of 2010 and gained 24.2% in the 12 months ending March 31, data by pension supervisory authority Comisia de Supraveghere a Sistemului de Pensii Private (CSSPP)...

European multi-asset strategies grew nearly 30% to a record €848bn (£746bn) of assets under management during 2009 due to investors' need for better risk diversification, a report from Cerulli Associates reveals.

EUROPE - European multi-asset strategies grew nearly 30% to a record €848bn (US$1.1trn) in assets under management during 2009 due to investors' need for better risk diversification, a report from Cerulli Associates revealed.