SURGICAL instrument manufacturer Aesculap is to close its final salary scheme to future accrual in a bid to shore up a £3m deficit.

BLACKROCK has appointed Emma Douglas as head of defined contribution sales.

GOVERNMENT should adopt more rigorous targets than those set out in the draft Climate Change Bill, the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum urges.

SCHEME deficits are set to fall further following the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates by 0.25pc, fund managers believe.

No one would dispute that people are never too young to start a pension.

ACTIVISTS fighting against the arms trade have used the Freedom of Information Act to delve into the investment practices of local authority pension funds.

As a contributor to the article Online provider auctions way forward (PP, June 14) and having read Ian McQuade's intelligent letter in response to this (June 28), I feel I should clarify some points about online auctions.

The BBC has postponed plans to increase pension contributions for some staff as part of a proposed pay deal.

INCREASED transparency in the fund management industry is not just a passing trend, the Investment Managers Association says.

LOCAL authority workers can help the environment by signing up to a website which allows them to manage their pension online.