This week has been full of suggestions for change in the pensions industry.

The Pensions Archive Trust has formally launched a national schools competition on pensions for pupils aged between 16 and 18 years-old.

UK - Institutional investors will have to sign up to a stewardship code as part of Sir David Walker's reforms on bank pay and governance as shareholders.

The Institutional Shareholders' Committee code on the responsibilities of institutional investors - which will be converted into principles of stewardship, ratified and sponsored by the Financial Reporting Council, as a result of the Walker review - is...

Institutional investors will have to sign up to a stewardship code as part of Sir David Walker's reforms on bank pay and governance as shareholders.

UK - Telent - the former Marconi telecoms group owned by Pension Corporation - has agreed a 15-year funding plan with trustees in a bid to shore up its pension scheme.

Hewitt Associates has expanded its UK investment consulting team with the appointments of Laun Middleton and David Page.

BNP Paribas is due to launch a corporate self-invested personal pension administration service for a large insurer.

Telent - the former Marconi telecoms group owned by Pension Corporation - has agreed a 15-year funding plan with trustees in a bid to shore up its pension scheme.

UK - Companies and their investors are failing to take changes in weather patterns properly into account in their investment decisions, latest research revealed.