Europe

UK - The UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned against recent trends to "junk" final salary schemes.

UK/EUROPE - US giant Mellon Financial Corporation has launched a new fund dedicated to ethical investment aimed at both institutional and retail markets.

UK - The UK has successfully addressed three major goals in its pensions provision, according to new research.

FRANCE - The concept of equity-based pension plans may finally be taking hold in France following an increased preference by employees for stock market-based corporate savings schemes.

UK - Two shareholder meetings are of significance in the week beginning February 18, according to corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

UK - A large part of the £3m missing in the biggest suspected pension fraud since the Maxwell scandal may never be recovered, lawyers warn.

UK - Pension scheme members may lose out as part of any simplification of pensions, the Actuarial Profession claims.

UK - The io Group, the specialist industrial asset manager and developer, has appointed Andrew Slipper to its main board to oversee its existing io Centre development programme and lead expansion into design and build and distribution development.

UK - The government's proposals to allow a series of temporary annuities to be purchased up to the age of 75 will extend the flexibilities offered by those products into the middle market, according to Watson Wyatt.

UK - The London Borough of Harrow Pension Fund is prepping itself for a review of its investment managers towards the end of this quarter.