Europe

UK - The Trades Union Congress has launched a series of regional forums to boost the influence of member-nominated trustees in occupational pension schemes.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson has offered two scholarships at Southampton University in a bid to increase its profile among students and boost actuarial opportunities.

UK - Actuaries have hit back at "aggressive and unfounded" criticism from the Treasury days ahead of Sir Derek Morris's in-depth review of the profession.

UK - The UK Atomic Energy Authority has been appointed as administrator to the British Nuclear Fuels group pension scheme.

UK - London Pension Funds Authority has reappointed JPMorgan Investor Services as global custodian for its £2.8bn portfolio for a further three years.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is to hold a series of seminars on employee benefits between May and July.

UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has launched a European corporate bond fund aimed at pension funds and other institutional investors.

UK - Trustees will have to carry out regular audits of their practices to determine their effectiveness, Paul Myners (pictured) says.

UK - A series of roadshows to help independent financial advisers develop their business is being run by Scottish Widows.

UK - Pension funds are demanding that a loophole in Security and Exchange Commission regulations that permits some investment managers and third parties to obscure their potential conflicts of interest to the detriment of pension funds be closed.