Europe

UK - Growing pension fund deficits will hit company dividends, shareholders have been warned.

UK - The government must bite the bullet on compulsion if it wants low earners to save for retirement, a government tax advisor claims.

EUROPE - The Isis European Prime fund has outperformed the FTSE World Europe ex-UK Index by 8% during its first year.

UK - OPRA is reviewing its guidance notes in a bid to reduce the number of minor complaints it receives.

UK - Rail and bus service operator Stagecoach faces a spiralling FRS17 deficit on its pensions scheme, City analysts claim.

UK - Barnett Waddingham is holding a series of seminars for employers which are retaining defined benefit schemes but are looking to control their risk.

UK - Addleshaw Booth is offering a new service aimed at those involved in pensions sharing on divorce.

EUROPE - In the euro zone, short term economic conditions remain uncertain and risky, but the latest figures still do not substantiate fears of a relapse into a real recession, according to CDC IXIS Asset Management.

UK - Capita Hartshead has won a 10-year contract from the Cabinet Office to run the pensioner payroll system for the civil service.

UK - Insurance giant Prudential hopes to avert a strike by workers angry at the closure of their defined benefit scheme.