Europe

UK - Only 23% of organisations provide flexible benefits as part of their remuneration package, a new survey reveals.

UK - Investments and regulations are the biggest areas of concern for trustees in terms of fulfilling their responsibilities, Gissings claims.

EUROPE - The WM Company, the performance measurement business, is planning to make further inroads into continental Europe, starting with the German and Swiss pension fund market.

UK - Property performance measurement firm IPD has launched a pan-European index to measure the combined performance of investments in 11 countries.

UK - Workers underestimate the value of their total pay and benefits package by as much as 25%, KPMG People Services claims.

UK - Over 90% of fund managers are bullish about the prospects for US equities, research from Russell Investment Group shows.

UK - Rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a revised pensions deal - and lift the threat of a national strike.

UK - CCH Software has updated its Pension software to comply with the latest tax legislation.

UK - Standard Life Investments has launched a range of manager-of-managers funds in conjunction with Wilshire Associates.

UK - Property investments through self-invested per-sonal pensions will fall dramatically when new tax changes take effect in 2006, Alexander Forbes Financial Services warns.