Europe

UK - Legal & General is urging financial advisers to check whether their clients could be entitled to pensions tax relief.

UK - Opposing sides in the battle for compensation for former ASW workers want the same law firm to represent them.

UK - A 48-page guide for trustees and employers on restructuring occupational pension schemes has been published by Friends Provident.

UK - Ministers must remove barriers to saving to encourage greater take-up of pension scheme membership.

UK - Industrial giant Lonrho Africa will not appeal against a High Court ruling which denies it access to the pension surplus of a UK subsidiary's scheme.

UK - The NAPF's North London Group is holding a workshop on administering change on February 11 in St Albans.

UK - Gissings has restructured its investment consulting division following the departure of investment director, Brendan Reville.

UK - Member contributions at South West Trains - part of the Stagecoach group - are set to double to 10% this year.

UK - Hedge funds will become increasingly tempting for pension funds if equity markets fail to recover, fund managers predict.

UK - NAPF chairman Peter Thompson and chief executive Christine Farnish attended the first meeting of the Tory pensions and investment advisory group.