Europe

UK - Official figures used in the pensions Green Paper may be wrong, MPs have been told.

UK - The Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's managed UK balanced property trust is looking to acquire a new portfolio of properties.

UK - Any changes to minimum funding requirement regulations must be retrospective, the pensions advisory service OPAS has told the government.

UK - Towers Perrin has chosen Sirius's Swift software to support FuturePlan - its education service for employees planning their retirement.

UK - The £2.6bn London Pension Fund Authority is planning to shift 10% of its assets from equities into alternative investments.

UK - Aegon has bought a 9.99% share of Personal Touch Insurance in a bid to boost its intermediary distribution business.

UK - Deferred final salary scheme members could be short-changed unless trustees consider all annuity options in wind-up, HighamNobbs Consulting warns.

EUROPE/UK - EU plans to extend temporary workers rights will cost businesses £95m in additional pay and pensions, government estimates reveal.

EUROPE/UK - EU plans to extend temporary workers rights will cost businesses £95m in additional pay and pensions, government estimates reveal.

ITALY - The Bank of New York is to service Italy's recently unveiled first socially responsible exchange traded fund (ETFs).