NETHERLANDS - KAS BANK has transferred its private banking activities to Nachenius Tjeenk as part of its strategy to focus on institutional business.

Pension concern at Lloyds TSB; Pension is key item in supermarket basket; Tories attack Labour's "unfit" pensions body; Savers power Norwich Union into its best year for UK sales

HENDERSON Global Investors is launching an activist fund that will attempt to turn round underperforming companies.

F&C Asset Management is to launch a range of specialist products for UK and European pension schemes over the next three years.

ABN Amro Mellon has won a mandate from Wiltshire County Council to provide global custody and other services for assets worth £1.1bn.

A third of people are not sure whether they will have enough money to live on when they retire, a survey by Which? Money reveals.

A FORMER partner at law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has filed a claim for age discrimination after being forced to take early retirement or risk losing part of his pension.

SWEDEN - The four national pension buffer funds have formed an Ethical Council to pool their SRI analyses of foreign companies in which they have holdings.

Self-invested personal pensions have reported a record inflow of money with property proving the most popular area of investment.

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