United Kingdom

UK - A private meeting between the government and key industry figures has raised hopes of far reaching change on the Simplification Review.

UK - Shareholders in Railtrack would receive £2.50 a share if a deal by government goes ahead to buy them out and transfer the running of Railtrack to a new company, Network Rail.

UK - Inland Revenue plans to introduce new rules which would have imposed ‘whistle blower' duties on pensioneer trustees have been shelved.

UK - Pension funds holding policies with beleaguered insurer Equitable Life may get the chance to join its board.

UK - Threadneedle Investments has won a UK equities mandate from Agfa's UK Pension Plan.

UK - The government's goal to switch the burden of pension provision away on to the private sector lies in tatters, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) claims.

UK - The third Politeia lecture in the series ‘Lessons from Abroad? Health, Education and Pensions' will take place on April 22, 2002 at Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 between 6.00-7.15 pm.

UK - Pension schemes should review their AVC provision urgently, employee benefit consultant Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) warns.

UK - The £1.3bn Magnox Electric pension fund has selected Close Wealth Management to provide financial pension planning and consultancy services to its 5,000 staff who are to lose their jobs over the next decade as a result of nuclear power station decommissioning....

UK - Paul Myners has warned fund managers that they could face a competition commission review if they drag their feet over complying with his review's recommendations.