United Kingdom

UK - Institutional investors, including pension funds, want TV group Granada to restructure its board when chief executive Steve Morrison steps down later this month.

UK - Software developer Comino has clinched a £230,000 deal to supply an electronic document management and workflow system for the £4.5bn West Yorkshire Pension Fund.

UK - GE Life has appointed software and services provider Marlborough Stirling to administer its pensions portfolio in a deal worth £15m over five years.

UK - Schroder Investment Management has slowed its client losses with outflows of £2.3bn from schemes and other institutions during the first half of this year.

UK - Steel union ISTC has claimed victory after Caparo caved in to demands on pensions after five weeks of one day-strikes.

UK - New Star Asset Management is opening its long/short New Star Japan Hedge Fund to new pension fund investors.

UK - Trustees and employers must review their administration practices to ensure they conform to the latest edition of the Data Protection Act, say lawyers.

UK - International law firm Stephnson Harwood has appointed Mark Catchpole as a partner in its employment, pensions and benefits group.

UK - Alice Ingham and Mark Smith have been appointed lawyers in the pensions department of Taylor Joynson Garrett.

UK - Employers should brace themselves for increased industrial action on pensions issues, law firm DLA warns.