A FUNDAMENTAL review of European Union directives on insurers could have a "devastating" impact on UK firms with large defined benefit schemes, Wragge & Co warns.

AMICUS has submitted pension proposals to WH Smith in a bid to prevent the firm freezing its final salary pension scheme.

STANDARD Asset Manage-ment has closed its Miami operation and centralised all its activities in the UK.

INEFFICIENT printing costs the pensions industry £41m a year, a new study reveals.

An international group set up to encourage better investment research claims its message is getting through after a new report showed "ongoing improvement" in extra-financial analyses.

THE INFORMATION Commissioner has ordered two local authority pension funds to reveal details about their private equity holdings despite fears disclosure risked jeopardising future investments.

MORE than 100 MPs from all political parties were due to appear at Pensions Action Group protests yesterday (Wednesday).

US - Key players in the US pension space have established an organisation to promote awareness and understanding of pension issues.

Commercial law firm Hammonds is holding a seminar on the changing relationship between employers and DB scheme trustees on March 21.

UNIVERSITY leavers prefer tax-efficient employee benefits such as pensions and private healthcare to "soft" benefits such as duvet days, a new study shows.