Europe

UK - The NHS's final salary scheme is key to boosting the number of new recruits in the health service, a new study claims.

UK - Workers would choose a non-contributory pension over extra holidays, a company car or private health cover, a study by KPMG reveals.

UK - Aberdeen Property Investors chief executive Iain Reid is set to resign following an aborted attempt to sell the firm last month.

ITALY - Marco Fusco has been appointed head of business development for the institutional business of ING Asset Management Italy, following the departure earlier this month of Carlo Benetti, former head of institutional clients, to join Julius Baer Italy,...

UK - Winterthur Life has recruited David Beacham as business development manager on its sales team.

UK - Insurance giant Axa (UK) and trade unions have been forced to make major concessions to end a row over the firm's final salary scheme.

UK - Hedge fund manager Integrated Asset Management has acquired the brokerage arm of advisory firm Investory for an undisclosed amount.

UK - The Pensions Commission is unlikely to publish its report until after the next general election for fear it will be lost in party politics.

UK - The Faculty and Institute of Actuaries has published an advance version of "guidance note 35" on its website.

UK - Schroder Investment Management has stemmed the haemorrhaging of its institutional business.