Europe

UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb has vowed to fulfil the government's promise to reinvigorate occupational pensions by deregulating the defined benefit sector.

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Global - Three quarters of the Global Pensions 100 Panel believe the eurozone will remain unchanged over the next 12 months.

EUROPE - European Union pension policy could cripple British firms and stall economic recovery if schemes are forced into Solvency II capital requirements, employers warn.

UK - The use of transition management within the defined contribution is set to grow as the move away from defined benefit provision continues, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

UK - New developments within the transition management market are providing clients with more flexibility when moving assets than ever before, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

EUROPE - Pension funds face a double hit from a proposed European-wide financial transactions tax, the Investment Management Association warns.

UK - Investors need to up their knowledge of the transition management process if they expect to have successful transitions, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

UK - Pension funds would suffer from liabilities increasing further if the Bank of England buys gilts in another round of quantitative easing, Pension Corporation says.

UK - The £1.5bn ($2.3bn) Dorset County Pension Fund has appointed JLT Investment Consulting to help it select a new bond manager.