TRAVEL discounts, health screening and financial advice top the list of benefits workers at the Diamond Trading Company want added to their existing package.

GLG PARTNERS' MMI Enhanced Fund was the best-performing fund of hedge funds over the past 12 months, latest CAPS figures show.

Unemployment among young people is rising because more people are working longer, official figures show.

Insurers are calling for a review of executive pension deals and warn firms will taint their reputations if payouts are overly generous.

THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to scrap new disclosure regulations has left administrators "scratching around in the dark", Capita Hartshead claims.

LONG-TERM executive incentive plans at top UK firms are failing to meet the needs of pension scheme investors, a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals.

EMPLOYERS are urging ministers to delay the introduction of age discrimination rules which, they warn, could undermine future pension provision.

Preventing schemes from offering members life-only cover will create "unwelcome complication and uncertainty", lawyers warn.

THE BANK of New York has upgraded its investment reporting system, Inform, to include a web-based information delivery portal.

ITALY - The government has confirmed plans to merge its welfare entities in an effort to make the social security system more efficient.