Europe

UK - Institutional Shareholder Services is to launch a corporate governance index to help investors gauge and analyse non-financial risk in their investments.

UK - Ashmore Investment Management's flagship Emerging Markets Liquid Investment Portfolio has returned 3.1% for the year to February 16.

UK - Schemes should be wary of investing in media stocks due to the sheer number of corporate governance risks involved, new research claims.

UK - Ex-Watson Wyatt currency specialist Kurtay Ogunc has branched off into business on his own, founding the asset management/strategic advisory firm Alpha Dynamics Group.

EUROPE - EU finance chiefs have been urged to make more effort to reform their pension systems and labour markets.

UK - UBS Global Asset Management is to launch an office property fund which aims to return up to 17% per annum.

UK - Watson Wyatt has been rated as one of the UK's best employers for the fourth year running.

UK - Footballers have lost their battle to take pensions as soon as they retire.

UK - The Treasury has ordered a wide-ranging review of the actuarial profession following Lord Penrose's inquiry into the near-collapse of Equitable Life.

UK - Conservative work and pensions spokesman David Willetts has agreed to table an amendment to the Pensions Bill to delay the compulsory purchase of annuities in scheme wind-up.