Europe

UK - One shareholder meeting is of significance in the week beginning March 11, according to corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

FRANCE - BNP Paribas posted robust profits for 2001, putting its resilience to choppy markets largely down to good cost and risk controls.

UK - Third party administrator Paymaster has scooped administration mandates for five local authorities.

UK - More than 1.8m fewer employees have final salary occupational schemes than a decade ago, according to a Trades Union Congress analysis of government figures.

DENMARK - Denmark's DKr15bn Industriens Pensionsforsikring is to press ahead with the beefing of its emerging markets portfolio, despite the recent partial pullout from the sector by the $151bn California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)....

UK - Michael Dobson, chief executive of embattled fund manager Schroders, is optimistic about the firm's prospects despite seeing it post a £8.1m loss for 2001.

UK - Strong growth in private equity over the next few years is predicted by two new reports.

UK - The Pickering review must share the responsibility for legislation simplification between employers and the industry, warns two industry bodies.

UK - Changes to the minimum funding requirement (MFR) will have no effect on the long-term cost of a scheme, according to Aon Consulting.

UK - The L'Oréal UK pension fund has been forced to increase its contributions by 0.5% to 10.5% of pensionable salaries after announcing a £4m slump in the value of the fund.