Employee Benefits

UK - Consultants fear brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle's likely decision to contract back in to the State Second Pension will open the floodgates for other employers to follow suit.

UK - Poor investor education is one of the biggest problems in the current pensions crisis, and the slide from final salary to money purchase schemes will only make matters worse, says Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

UK - Pub and brewing group Greene King is to automate its employee benefit system using 4th Contact's software.

UK/GLOBAL - AFA Systems, a global provider of software solutions for the banking and asset management industries, has launched Benefit, a web-enabled member administration system.

UK/GLOBAL - AFA Systems, a global provider of software solutions for the banking and asset management industries, has launched Benefit, a web-enabled member administration system.

Increase in income replacement:

UK - The revamped £600m Sara Lee UK Pension Plan is looking to review its current investment strategy following the recent appointment of Mercer Human Resource Consulting as a bundled adviser.

UK - Over 30 businesses now signed with 4th Contact's online employee benefits software.

GLOBAL - Investment managers widely considered the best in servicing their clients have much in common, finds a new study by Mercer Manager Advisory Services.

UK - Consultancy firm William M Mercer is up for review at the pension fund for Birmingham International Airport.