UK - The Church of England spent more than 86% of its investment income last year on pensions for retired clergy, new figures show.
UK - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has poached Peter Abbott from Newton Investment Management as fund manager for its global equities team.
UK - AVC providers are struggling to cope with the extra business they are taking on in the wake of Equitable Life's demise, a new survey shows.
UK - Manchester-based consultant Jagger and Associates claims to have beaten much bigger rivals to clinch an appointment by the £70m Windsor Life scheme.
UK - The £27.1bn British Telecom Pension Scheme has revealed a massive net FRS17 deficit of £1.3bn in the year to March 31.
UK - Measures to prevent part-time workers being charged excessively to join pension schemes are being urged by the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service.
UK - Tolley has published the seventh edition of its Pension Fund Trustee Handbook.
UK - Delays over interim regulations for member-nominated trustees will create "unnecessary" work for pension schemes, claims a leading pension lawyer.
UK - J. Sainbury's Pension Fund is considering a complete buy out of Equitable Life AVC funds of more than 2500 of its members.
UK - Returns on assets for the £2.6bn J. Sainsbury's Pension Fund were -9.8% last year.