Europe

UK - Industry group Business in the Community is to publish a benchmarking index of corporate responsibility next year.

UK - Leisure giant Six Continents is to close its final salary scheme to new members this month.

UK - F&C Management group chairman of investment policy, Arnab Banerji, is quitting the company to work for the government.

GERMANY/ITALY - Commerzbank believes pension funds should increase their exposure to the insurance sector which, it says, is on the verge of a recovery.

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

UK - Contributions into smaller companies' pension schemes are inadequate to close the savings gap, warns Momentum Financial Services.

UK - High standards of corporate social responsibility are as important to share values as advertising campaigns or mergers, the Co-operative Insurance Society claims.

SCOTLAND - Following much speculation the massive £1.1bn Edinburgh Investment Trust (EIT) mandate has finally been awarded to Fidelity Investments.

UK - Fears that FRS17 lacks transparency in multi-scheme companies are being played down by industry experts.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has hired Stephen Hart as a senior legal consultant and European principal specialising in UK occupational pension schemes.