United Kingdom

UK - New regulations to clamp down on "cowboy firms of independent trustees" may be added to the Pensions Bill.

UK - A new website dedicated to promoting corporate governance good practice in Scotland has been set up by the Institute of Directors.

UK - Compulsory retirement should be scrapped to alleviate the pensions crisis, a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development claims.

UK - A lucrative new incentive scheme which could net the chief executive of advertising giant WPP more than £34m has split corporate governance experts.

UK - Pensions ombudsman David Laverick has found the trustees of an Equitable Life AVC scheme guilty of maladministration after failing to identify its guaranteed annuity rate.

UK - Independent fund manager Baillie Gifford is "weeks away" from launching four pooled pension funds.

UK - IFAs could save up to £750 a year for their pension clients using two web-based pension tools, Assureweb and Winterthur Life claim.

UK - A trade union has called on the Conservative Party to clarify its policy on retrospective compensation.

UK - Multi-manager specialist Skandia has launched a section 32 buyout bond product for IFAs.

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds will take a close look at Barclays Bank's annual report to ensure the chief executive's £1.39m pay rise is in line with performance.