Europe

UK - Industry heavyweights are mounting pressure on the government to change MFR regulations ahead of any consultation on the pensions green paper.

UK/EMEA - JPMorgan Treasury Services has boosted its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) team with two new hires.

UK - The £630m Shropshire County Council Pension Fund has signed up Isis Asset Management to provide SRI overlay to a £80m UK indexed portfolio.

UK - The NAPF is calling for two key changes to the government's pending white paper on company law.

UK/EU - The Engineering Employers Federation has called on the government to block EU plans to give agency workers occupational pension rights.

UK - Departmental conflicts between the DWP, the Treasury and Number 10 will produce only "modest" pension reforms, believes Conservative work and pensions spokesman David Willetts.

UK - The deficit on the £1.5bn GKN final salary pension scheme has risen to £750m, according to analyst reports.

UK - Radical tax reforms and increased incentives for pension savings will be an integral part of the forthcoming green paper, Alan Pickering predicts.

UK - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is to sponsor and co-manage a fine art fund which aims to invest £200m in paintings and sculptures.

SCOTLAND - Watson Wyatt has hired Julie Robertson as a pension administration team leader at its Edinburgh office.