Europe

UK - The Confederation of British Industry has denied national newspaper reports that it backs compulsory pension contributions.

UK - The government is to introduce a final salary scheme for doctors and dentists in the armed forces in a bid to resolve staff shortages.

EUROPE - A new report has called for greater transparency in custodian contracts.

EUROPE - Most European fund managers believe that Germany is heading for a double-dip recession.

UK - The Department for Work and Pensions wants employers and the financial services industry to help it find ways to educate people on pensions.

UK - Retail giant John Lewis is to retain its £1.2bn final salary pension scheme.

UK - A UK small and mid-cap fund for institutional investors has been launched by Standard Life Investments.

UK - Professional indemnity rule modifications will give IFAs struggling to meet their insurance costs little or no help at all, a consultant claims.

UK - Employers will increasingly choose to wind-up DB schemes rather than closing them to new members unless the government creates effective reform, delegates at the NAPF's autumn conference heard.

UK - Fund managers are damaging their prospects of winning new business by making staff cuts, a leading consultant says.