Europe

UK - Finance group HBOS has issued total reward statements to 65,000 staff to boost awareness of pensions and other employee benefits.

UK - More than half of employees pay less than 6% of their salary into their defined contribution schemes, a survey has shown.

UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow is holding a series of one-day training seminars for newly-appointed trustees in London and Bristol.

UK - The UK Social Investment Forum has stepped up its campaign to encourage money purchase scheme members to invest ethically.

UK - State Street Global Advisors has launched its first absolute return currency fund for institutional investors.

UK - Pensions administration provider MNPA has achieved compliance with a British Standards Institution code of practice for electronically stored information.

UK - Clerical Medical has launched a service to help financial advisers prevent money laundering.

UK - Pension Protection Fund inaugural chairman Lawrence Churchill has been warned not to "intrude into political matters" over its future funding.

UK - Pension contributions by FTSE100 firms almost doubled last year but two-thirds of firms saw their deficits grow, a new report shows.

UK - Employers are dumping newly-established defined contribution plans in favour of stakeholder and group personal pensions, industry leaders warn.