Europe

UK - Just a quarter of the UK pensions industry supports plans to make all schemes compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards, a poll shows.

UK - Chilled food maker Uniq's losses have fallen following the pioneering debt-for-equity deal which saw its pension fund take a majority share-holding.

AustralianSuper and Cbus, Credit Suisse, BlackRock, First State Investments, Barings, RBC Dexia

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UK/US - Fiduciary manger P-Solve is to acquire insurance market consultant and software specialist Meridian as part of its diversification strategy.

UK - Employer contributions to funded workplace pensions have risen by £16bn ($26bn) in just two years, as employee contributions plummeted by £3.5bn over the same period, figures show.

EUROPE - Pension funds are increasingly performing due diligence on exchange traded fund providers and could be the fastest growing client base going forward, said Valérie Baudson, managing director at Amundi ETF.

GREECE - Greece plans to sell €1.25bn ($1.78bn) of 13-week Treasury bills today as growing speculation the country will need to restructure its debt pushed bond yields to euro-era records.

UK - Plans to allow early access to pension savings have been buried after a consultation revealed "insufficient evidence" it would encourage more saving, the Treasury says.

ICELAND - A group of Icelandic pension funds will buy a 25% stake in geothermal power company HS Orka for ISK8.06bn ($71.5m) from Magma Energy, the firm said.