Europe

UK - Employees may be better off deferring payments into a pension scheme until their late 40s when the government's tax changes take effect, Scottish Life claims.

UK - The £900m Dorset County Council Pension Fund is tendering for £45m hedge fund managers.

UK - Talks aimed at turning an entry in a long-term mandate competition into an investment vehicle for schemes will be held next month.

UK - Retained firefighters will discover whether they have won their battle for equal pension rights when the High Court rules on 12 test cases later this month.

UK - Scheme investments must be diversified, flexible and avoid a short-termist approach, delegates at Mercer's Global Investment Forum heard.

UK - The economic climate could not be better for schemes to move into private equity, delegates at Mercer's Global Investment Forum heard.

UK - Insight Investment has appointed The Bank of New York as investment services provider for its £8bn UK and European mutual fund business.

UK - Most Britons feel that the government is not doing enough to ensure that people have a comfortable retirement.

UK - Beleaguered insurer Equitable Life has conceded that it has no realistic legal claim to make against the regulators for its demise.

UK - Staff at chemical producer Ineos are considering strike action over plans to slash pension scheme benefits and increase costs.