Europe

UK - Some 94% of organisations have failed to discuss the issue of personal accounts at a governance, trustee or board meeting, Aon Consulting research reveals.

UK - The John Lewis Partnership has transferred its 29% share in online grocery supermarket Ocado to its pension fund.

UK - The government has frozen the general levy and the Pension Protection Fund's administration levy for 2009/10 in a bid to ease pressures on pension schemes.

UK - Eversheds has written to the Department for Work and Pensions to highlight "inconsistencies and practical problems" with employer debt regulations.

FINLAND - The €5.3bn (US$6.8bn) Finnish insurer Etera has reduced the share of its equity investments amid market turmoil, MandateWire reports.

UK - Executive pay must still be aligned to shareholder value and needs to attract and retain employees in the face of global financial turmoil, Deloitte has warned.

UK - Pension Corporation has launched its 'Pensions Tomorrow' initiative, in association with the London School of Economics (LSE).

FRANCE - A controversial amendment to the social security laws may allow employees to continue working until the age of 70.

DENMARK - The Danish central bank is opening a 30-year government bond to facilitate the Danish pension sector's hedging of liabilities.

UK - Tax grabs in the 1990s have slashed the value pension funds by up to £225bn (US$364bn), the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) claims.