United Kingdom

UK - Members of the £3.5bn IBM UK Pension Plan expect its shortfall to be £1bn by the end of the year.

UK - Around 5% of women do not know whether they contribute to an occupational pension scheme, a new report claims.

UK - A new firm of "corporate investigators" has been set up to address growing concerns among investors of economic and political uncertainty.

UK - Global growth and rising inflation should not deter pension schemes from investing in bonds, Baring Asset Management claims.

UK - Pension compulsion is "a step too far" but opt-out rules should change to encourage more employees to join schemes, insurers and the Conservative Party claim.

UK - Brighton & Hove City Council has introduced a voucher scheme to save employees money on childcare costs.

UK - Insight Investment - the fund management arm of HBOS - is to target the $200bn (£111.5bn) money market fund sector.

UK - The Premier League has introduced a series of measures to ensure clubs meet the highest standards of corporate governance.

UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed Richard Boardman, formerly of ISIS Asset Management, as a senior investment consultant in its investment strategy team.

UK - A further 5500 staff have signed up for Royal Mail's home computing scheme.