Europe

UK - A conference aimed at publicising opposition to stamp duty on share trading is being planned by the NAPF and the London Stock Exchange.

UK - BITA Plus Consultants (BPC) is to change its name to COR Risk Solutions following its recent £2.3m acquisition by COR Financial Solutions .

UK/EUROPE - A transsexual has won the right to be offered a pension at age 60 in a landmark EU human rights ruling.

UK - Pension schemes paid out over £14.2bn in retirement benefits to members and their beneficiaries last year, research by the Incomes Data Services reveals.

UK - Legal & General has been awarded a "Crystal Mark" by the Plain English Campaign for its stakeholder application packs.

UK - Independent trustees need to be regulated to prevent some charging excessive fees in scheme wind-ups, OPAS claims.

UK - Hundreds of trainee actuaries and administrators are flooding the jobs market now the Pensions Review is at an end, recruitment specialists report.

UK - Investors are being urged by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) to vote out bloated pay packages at telecoms giant Vodafone, as the union threatens to step up action against more big names by year-end.

UK - Govett Investments has boosted its regional sales team with the appointment of Adrian Lott as sales director for open-ended funds in the South East.

UK - Calls in the Sandler report for capped charges on savings products will require radical cuts to providers costs, says Wealth Management Software.