Europe

UK - Clerical Medical has produced a CD-Rom on pension transfers.

UK/ASIA - Henderson Global Investors is set to shed 100 jobs as part of a cost-cutting programme by its parent AMP.

UK - Business in the Community is urging the UK's top 1000 companies to sign a commitment to specific action for responsible business practice.

UK - The Association of British Insurers is calling for improvements in the exchange of medical information between health professionals and underwriters.

UK - Directors' pay in small cap companies has increased by 3.5% during the last 12 months, according to a survey released by the Institute of Directors.

UK - Pension provision for local authority contract workers is set to be streamlined following the government's admitted body status review.

UK - A row over the spiralling Maxwell Communications Pension Plan's deficit has broken out between independent trustees Law Debenture and the government.

EUROPE - "Internecine strife" between asset managers and insurers is threatening the passage of the European pensions directive through the European Parliament, according to Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision...

UK - Some consultants are encouraging companies to complicate or dilute remuneration reports to dissuade shareholder involvement in the firm, corporate governance advisers claim.

UK - Steel workers union ISTC has instructed lawyers to mount legal action against the government aimed at winning compensation for ASW Pension Plan members.