UK/EUROPE- The proposed European Consumer Rights Directive must not be allowed to hamper auto-enrolment into occupational pensions, the Association of British Insurers warns.

Trustees of the £220m Biffa Pension Scheme have appointed Wragge & Co to act as the scheme's sole legal adviser.

Government moves to cut tax relief on pension contributions of high earners will further undermine trust in the system, the Association of British Insurers warns.

Stephen Haddrill, current director general of the Association of British Insurers, has been named as the next chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council.

Pensions bodies call for rethink on tax relief cut; Pensions 'share gamble' leaves millions facing poverty threat; Yell chairman to go after RBS pension backlash; Speaker Michael Martin poised for elevation to House of Lords

CANADA - Canada should reform its pension system by creating a hybrid model which resembles the one in place in the Netherlands, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan president and chief executive says.

HSBC has launched five new unit-linked protected retirement funds aimed at trustees of occupational pension schemes.

UK - The credit crisis has "hugely damaged" the UK's pensions system leaving retirement savers disillusioned and destroying the idea stock market investment will always deliver generous pensions, Ros Altmann warns.

NORWAY- The Government Pension Fund - Global posted a loss of 4.8% for the first quarter of 2009.

The proportion of asset management firms disclosing voting and engagement details has almost doubled over the past two years, an Investment Management Association report reveals