Europe

UK - Schemes will be unmanageable if trustees try to cater for members' religious or ethical demands, consultants claim.

UK - Pension schemes will increasingly hold providers to account over the transparency of their fees, a leading life office predicts.

UK - Teesside Pension Fund has boosted its property portfolio with a parade of shops in London's fashionable Gloucester Road.

UK - Remunerating directors through co-investment plans is encouraging a short-termist outlook, corporate governance experts warn.

UK - Aerospace firm Bombardier Shorts has injected £96.5m into its pension scheme as part of plans to plug a £200m shortfall.

EUROPE - Europe cannot deal with the challenges of its ageing population by depending on immigration alone, according to a new EU report.

UK - Employers, the financial services industry and the government have been urged to unite to stem the tide of indifference on retirement savings by younger workers.

UK - The FRS17 deficit for non-financial services private sector firms has dropped by £60bn, new research shows.

UK - Construction industry workers would increase contributions if they had better knowledge of the stakeholder pension scheme EasyBuild, research shows.

UK - Shareholders are being urged to vote against remuneration reports at a number of key annual general meetings as the backlash against "excessive" pay continues.