Europe

UK - A bitter row has broken out between Isis Asset Management and the WWF over a controversial media campaign opposing BP's £1.8bn cross-border oil pipeline.

UK - New government rules intended to make annuities more "flexible" have been slammed by the pensions advisory service.

UK - Police officers will have to work an extra five years for their pension if a consultation paper issued by the Home Office is accepted.

UK - Employers are holding off until "Budget day" next April to make any changes to their pension schemes, a new survey claims.

UK - The government's new pensions tax regime may be delayed until 2006 because of "quibbles" over the £1.4m savings cap, experts claim.

GREECE - In Greece the legal case against November 17 terrorists is under threat because of a strike by Greek lawyers in support of their pensions.

EUROPE - The European Commission has directed Belgium, Portugal, Spain and France to end discrimination against foreign pension funds.

UK - Councillors are foregoing their newly acquired pension rights because they fear a political backlash from voters who have faced record council tax rises.

UK - Consultants are split over whether employers should adopt "knee-jerk" initiatives to avoid the government's proposed lifetime savings limit.

UK - Hermes Pensions Management has announced three appointments to its team responsible for its corporate governance.