Europe

UK - Oil tanker drivers are threatening to strike over the "erosion" of their pension benefits.

UK - Standard Life has emerged as the UK's top customer services provider for the fifth year in a row.

UK - A surge in confidence in the financial services industry will see a rise in firms' marketing, new research shows.

UK - Automated pension reporting software firm FRS has launched Virtual CA 2.5 into the UK market.

UK - Delegates at the recent CBI/Mercer conference in London were left "disappointed" at last week's TaxBrief conference after delays to the Inland Revenue's tax simplification paper meant speakers had little to talk about.

UK - The Association of British Insurers is to develop an official information pack on workplace pensions for the government.

UK - The succession of Brambles's chief executives has been welcomed by proxy voting groups for adhering to best practice.

UK - Pointon York Sipp Solutions is using research showing the dire state of unit-linked personal pensions to bolster the take-up of its self-invested personal pensions.

UK - Investec Asset Management has lost another senior figure from its fixed income team.

UK - Friends Provident has struck off FedEx from its stewardship funds and has given its managers six months to sell the stock.