Europe

UK - The £400m trust fund proposed for the 60,000 scheme members, who lost their pensions when their companies went bust, will only make a "modest difference."

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- The number of Barclays Bank staff voluntarily contributing towards their pensions has soared by 71% since the introduction of a hybrid scheme.

UK - FPS has expanded its third-party administration business with the acquisition of Robert Fleming Benefit Consultants.

UK - The UK has the second highest rate of workers supporting those on state pensions, new research shows.

UK - The Association of British Insurers has published a critical illness insurance guide for independent financial advisors, customers and claims assessors.

UK - Tax changes can double the amount pensioners who have to pay for care can receive from annuities, the Care Funding Bureau claims.

UK - Invesco's Tamasine Sutton is the fastest gun in pensions. She beat all her rivals at the UK Pension Awards' John Wayne "quick draw" competition which was sponsored by Isis Asset Management.

UK - The NAPF has completed its recommendations on the new international accounting standard, IAS19.

UK - A new generation of web forms, which will cut IFA costs and make access to online services more reliable, has been launched.

UK - Furniture giant MFI must pay an additional £3.5m a year into its final salary scheme after an administrative error increased liabilities by £40m.