Europe

UK - B&CE Benefit Schemes has opened its 250,000th stakeholder pension and now has more than £100m in assets under management.

UK - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - the investment arm of Dresdner Bank - has launched a credit risk and portfolio management system, CreditHorizons.

UK - Pest control firm Rentokil has kick-started its employer pension contributions after a three-year holiday.

UK - Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is holding a training course for newly appointed trustees or those wishing to refresh their skills in October.

UK - Scheme funding problems at schools have been linked to the loss of nearly 5000 teaching posts in the last year.

UK - Government efforts to get older workers back into jobs have flopped, new research shows.

UK - Part-time firefighters have lost their battle for equal pensions rights in the largest employment class action in British history.

UK - John Hamilton has joined pensions law firm ASB Law. Hamilton has worked for some of the City's leading firms since becoming a solicitor in 1997.

UK - Man Investments, the alternative investments arm of Man Group, has made four senior hires to its legal, finance and human resources teams.

EUROPE - A major row has broken out in the Nordic region following Goldman Sachs Asset Management's (GSAM) decision to offer strategic asset allocation services.