Europe

UK - Sandy Leitch is stepping down as chief executive of Zurich Financial Services UKISA/Asia Pacific Business Division in spring next year.

UK - A former whistleblowing auditor has won a compensation battle for the pension rights he lost after being sacked by Flintshire County Council.

UK - Private equity firm Gresham has announced the interim close of its Gresham III fund which has raised £153m, partly committed by pension funds.

UK - Consultants have criticised the government for failing to reveal any details about the Pensions Bill which they fear will be a "rushed piece" of legislation.

UK - Clydesdale Bank chief executive Grahame Savage is set to receive £488,000 following his early retirement - just nine months in the job.

UK - Mellon Global Investments, the international distribution subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation, has appointed Jonathan Lubran as director of UK institutional sales.

UK - Workers at ferry firm Caledonian MacBrayne have been warned to expect increases in pension contributions to cover an £8.9m FRS17 shortfall.

UK - Insight Investment, Invesco Pensions and Prudential have topped a list of DC providers for outperformance in equities.

UK - BBC staff will take industrial action to block the sale of the corporation's technology division if the buyer does not offer a final salary pension.

UK - Companies would retain their final salary schemes if they received tax breaks from the government, new research concludes.