Europe

UK - Legal & General Investment Management scooped the top prize - the Golden Star Award for Excellence - at this year's UK Pensions Awards.

UK - Callum McCarthy is expected to become new FSA chairman.

UK/EUROPE - Reinsured pension policyholders will be moved down the priority order in insurance company insolvencies under pending regulations.

UK/EUROPE - Reinsured pension policyholders will be moved down the priority order in insurance company insolvencies under pending regulations.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson is holding two conferences on "managing corporate and employment risks" of new pensions legislation.

UK - Less than 15% of final salary schemes will be open to new members within two years, the Association of Consulting Actuaries warns.

UK - Pension schemes invested a net total of £14.1bn during 2002, a National Statistics report shows.

UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has attacked the government's "alarmingly complacent" attitude towards pension reform.

UK - Property investments will continue to outperform equities and bonds because of the high level and stability of its yields, ING Real Estate Investment Management predicts.

UK - A high-profile parliamentary committee has criticised the government for its "unacceptable" handling of the Serps problem.