Greece

GREECE -The government defended the nation's public pension funds performance against allegations of early bond liquidation to cover current liabilities.

GREECE - The Greek bond overpricing scandal has made its way into parliament sparking furious debate between the two main parties.

GREECE - The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into a proposal by Greece to pay about e360m to the early retirement plan of the Hellenic Telecommunication Organisation (OTE), saying this payment was excessive.

GREECE - The Greek parliament has passed government legislation to create a single supplementary pension fund for the banking sector, replacing the 11 such funds currently in operation.

GREECE - Greece's aging population will challenge the country's "actuarially unsound and largely unreformed public pension system", a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found.

GREECE - In Greece the legal case against November 17 terrorists is under threat because of a strike by Greek lawyers in support of their pensions.

UK/GREECE - EuroMTS, the electronic trading platform for benchmark government bonds, is to start trading in Greek government bonds from today.

GREECE - The Greek Socialist government have announced a spending package, including pension reform, eight months ahead of parliamentary elections and despite tight finances, writes Agence France Presse.

GREECE - Continental European pension funds have so far committed some e15m to a new Greek government backed private equity fund of funds designed to revive interest in the flagging market.

GREECE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Greece to review existing measures to address population ageing.