United Kingdom

UK - Employees should be given easier access to information on their occupational pension schemes, a new survey claims.

UK - Standard Life Investments has launched a US dollar money market fund aimed at UK-based pension schemes.

UK - Friends Ivory & Sime has completed the merger of its sales team following its takeover of Royal & SunAlliance Investments in May.

SCOTLAND - Software specialist Comino is to supply the Scottish Public Pensions Agency with an electronic document management system.

UK - Dawnay, Day and Shore Capital has closed the Puma Property Fund after raising £20m worth of investments since its launch three months ago.

UK/NETHERLANDS - Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus may face industrial action by staff if the company's final salary scheme is threatened, according to the UK's biggest steel and metal workers union.

UK/EUROPE - NeoNet, the global equity trading system, is opening a sales and representation office in London.

UK - Aspen has developed two annuity calculators that let trustees of defined contribution schemes evaluate what pension options are available to their members.

UK - Increasing pension fund investment in property could lead to a shortage of suitable property, UBS Global Asset Management warns.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is holding a conference on human resources on October 2-4 in London.