Europe

UK - The government must pledge to end pensioner poverty, says Help the Aged.

UK - City analysts have accused retail giant J. Sainsbury of short-changing its pension scheme members.

UK - Schroder and Invesco Asset Management have lost out following an investment management review by the £720m North Yorkshire Pension Fund.

UK - Industry groups are uniting in a bid to quash an Inland Revenue move to tax retirement lump sums over £50,000.

UK - Workers at Northern Foods have agreed to increase pension contributions to save their £430m final salary scheme.

UK - AXA Investment Managers is transferring £3.5bn of global and European equity mandates from its UK clients to its sister firm, Axa Rosenberg.

UK/EUROPE - JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management has finalised the new structure of its European equities Team.

WALES - The Bank of New York and JP Morgan Investor Services have been dropped from providing custody services to the Torfaen County Borough Council Pension Fund.

EUROPE - Europe could prove lucrative territory for hedge fund and private equity managers over the next three years.

UK/EUROPE - JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management has finalised the new structure of its European equities Team.