Europe

UK - Fund managers are urging the government to concentrate on simplifying pension and saving tax proposals and not become distracted by the £1.4m lifetime cap.

UK - Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions has decided to keep its investment management research in-house.

UK - The Abbey National Group has relaunched its specialist pensions investment website to meet government design standards for visually impaired people.

UK - Corporate responsibility in a material world is the theme of the Guardian and the Observer Business and Society Conference 2004.

UK - Consultant Hazel Carr has praised recruitment specialist JWS Recruitment for filling a "challenging position" within three weeks.

UK - US media and entertainment group Walt Disney has reorganised its board in an ongoing drive to raise corporate governance standards.

UK - Pension Protection Fund officials will need "psychic powers" to separate deserving firms from unscrupulous claimants, industry experts warn.

UK - IFA firm Millfield Partnership has installed an "industrial strength" software product that will allow it to continue growing at a rate of 50% a year.

UK - Consultant Deloitte is to launch its own private equity fund-of-funds.

UK - Marlborough Stirling's IFA portal service, The Exchange, has teamed up with software provider Synaptic Systems to develop an online research tool.