Europe

UK - Edis Partnerships managing partner Ken Edis is relinquishing day-to-day control of the administration specialist. But he will continue as senior partner and chairman of the board.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE -The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has hit out at a suggestion that pension scheme trustees should be paid, despite strict new codes of conduct.

UK - HSBC investors are being urged to scrutinise the banking giant's remuneration report, which will boost chairman Sir John Bond's (pictured) pension by £153,000 a year.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- The government's new single tax regime for pensions will provide opportunities for greater flexibility in the delivery of benefits, leading industry figures predict.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- The EU pensions directive will make it impossible for the government to delay parts of the Pensions Bill, delegates heard.

UK - GlaxoSmithKline is facing its second successive showdown with pension fund investors at its annual general meeting later this month.

UK - Henderson Global Investors is the latest corporate governance heavyweight to disclose its voting records.

UK - UK private equity funds have outperformed pension fund returns and the principal stock market indices over the medium to long-term, a new survey reveals.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE - A new flexible approach to pension regulation will boost standards from 2005, NAPF delegates were told.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- The government must give employers tangible and practical assistance to encourage wider scheme take-up, delegates were told.