Europe

UK - The Confederation of British Industry is urging more employers to provide occupational pensions.

UK - DA Phillips and Hornbuckle Mitchell have teamed up with Butterfield Private Bank to offer two self-invested personal pension plans.

UK - The Pension Commission is delaying publication of its first report into the industry to prevent it being embroiled in party politics.

UK - The Trades Union Congress is issuing guidance on both the pension and retirement ages.

UK - Insight Investment - the fund management arm of banking giant HBOS - is launching a listed commercial property fund aimed at institutional investors.

UK - Trade unionists are demanding government action to protect the pensions of public sector workers who are transferred to private firms.

UK - Increased shareholder activism in the past year has not damaged the stability at the top of FTSE100 companies, a new survey reveals.

UK - Local authority leaders fear a crisis if they are unable to manage pension scheme deficits, a new survey shows.

UK - JARDINE Lloyd Thompson Administration Solutions has been appointed to run Big Food Group's two pension schemes.

UK - Retirement specialist GE Life is enhancing its product range with the introduction of a new phased drawdown product.