United Kingdom

UK - Regular quarterly changes to the FTSE 100 index and other FTSE UK indices will be announced after the UK market closes on September 11.

UK - Friends Ivory & Sime has appointed Rodger McNair as fund manager.

UK - Manager-of-Managers SEI has launched a new web-based information service for UK pension fund trustees in light of recommendations in the Myners' report.

UK - Some three quarters of consumers still expect to have a comfortable retirement despite having an inadequate level of savings, according to a new survey from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

UK - Investors should not regard government bonds as a passive investment, fund managers warn.

UK - Baking group Greggs has closed its £25m final salary scheme to new members in a bid to save costs.

UK - Property now outperforms all other asset classes but investors should not lose sight of fundamentals, according to a new report.

UK - Any increase on charges to stakeholder pensions may lead to another mis-selling scandal, warns Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

UK - The c£350m London Borough of Enfield Pension Fund has gone ahead with its first foray into private equity with a new mandate expected to be worth around £15-20m.

UK/GLOBAL - A campaign by institutional investors, including pension schemes, to force the world's biggest 500 companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions has won UK government backing.