Europe

UK - Cross-party support for compulsory pension contributions by both employers and employees is mounting in the House of Lords.

UK - The government has brought together leading pension figures from Britain and the US to identify potential problems with the Pension Protection Fund.

UK - Dozens of schemes are looking to sue their actuaries, investment consultants and fund managers over deficits, leading lawyers claim.

UK - Government officials have begun a review of the effectiveness of the pensions advisory service, OPAS.

UK - Local authority pension funds have invested in projects being built under the private finance initiative for the first time.

UK - Trade union Amicus has abandoned plans to sue Motherwell Bridge pension scheme trustees and the fund's sponsor over a "Bradstock-style" compromise deal.

UK - ABBEY Intermediaries is calling for parity between occupational and personal pensions after finding an anomaly over National Insurance rebates in the Finance Bill.

UK - ICELAND-based Kaupthing Bank has opened a new fixed income asset management business in the UK.

UK - ALMOST one in three men will die before receiving a pension if the government increases the age of retirement to 70, unions claim.

UK - Moral hazard clauses in the Pensions Bill will "severely damage" the pensions industry and the economy, senior lawyers warn.