Axa

Here it is: The entire PP Show 2009 condensed to a 40 second video.

FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has hired six firms to run a combined €4bn (US$5.9bn) in inflation-linked bond mandates.

AUSTRALIA/CHINA - Pension provider AMP has agreed a strategic partnership in asset management and pensions with China Life to exploit the opportunities arising from China's changing investment regulatory framework and ageing society.

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA AP) has rejected an A$11bn (US$10.2bn) acquisition offer by Australian financial group AMP claiming it undervalued the company.

Less than one in five people would remain automatically enrolled in personal accounts when they are implemented in 2012, according to AXA.

GLOBAL - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Caisse) and AXA Private Equity have entered into a partnership aimed at helping Québec and European-based businesses expand internationally.

Political consensus around personal accounts is losing cohesion, pensions minister Angela Eagle admits.

Richard Lowe discusses the sustainability and appropriateness of defined contribution as a suitable replacement for defined benefit

Cuts in future annuity rates due to the adoption of the Solvency II rules for insurers would put further strain on defined contribution scheme members, Aon Consulting says.

FRANCE- AXA earnings; CANADA- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; AUSTRALIA- Super review panel