Europe

UK - New rules forcing employers to consult before making major scheme changes are "pointless" and "absurd" without negotiation rights, unions say.

UK/EUROPE - Global fund manager Standard Life Investments (SLI) has launched a new Strategic Solutions Unit targeting European pension and insurance funds.

UK - Union leaders are giving a cautious welcome to major changes in the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

UK - Investment managers are driving forward transaction cost transparency while pension funds crack down on soft commissions, new research on the UK pensions industry shows.

UK - Targets used by the London Pensions Fund Authority to improve standards could become an industrywide benchmark for scheme efficiency.

UK - Growth investors, who are generally under the age of 45 with a tolerance for higher risk, should be investing in equities if they want to maximise capital growth over the next 10 to 15 years, according to Baring Asset Management's specialist wealth...

UK - Possible law banning "upward only" rent reviews in property leases could have a negative impact on pension funds' investments, effecting the long-term savings of millions of individuals, says the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

UK/EUROPE - Global fund manager Standard Life Investments (SLI) has launched a new Strategic Solutions Unit targeting European pension and insurance funds.

UK/EUROPE - The positive factors that have driven Eastern European markets over the last two years will most likely remain and spur investment in the region in the future, says Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM).

UK/EUROPE - The positive factors that have driven Eastern European markets over the last two years will most likely remain and spur investment in the region in the future, says Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM).