United Kingdom

UK - Former Gartmore chief Paul Myners is to head a review into proxy voting.

UK - Bedlam Asset Management has rapped its peers for claiming undue credit over a dramatic U-turn by TV giant Carlton.

UK - Shareholders at the UK's largest independent quoted merchant bank have ignored pension funds and re-elected two board members.

UK - A shock u-turn by Danish shipping giant Maersk to pay the full pensions of employees hit by its final salary windup has scored praise from the industry and has been hailed as a victory for workers caught in similar closures.

UK/EU - New EU pension rules will slash administration costs for multinational giants, a study by Datamonitor claims.

UK - The Society of Pension Consultants has welcomed a new regulatory task force set up to tackle consumer confidence in pensions.

UK - Exclusive - EDF Energy, the UK subsidiary of the French energy giant, has gone against the grain and launched a new final salary pension scheme which could see the fund's assets tendered over the next few months.

UK - BP is plunging an extra £790m into its pension schemes before the end of the year.

UK - Threadneedle Investments is launching four new versions of its fixed income funds to give investors returns gross of tax.

UK - Unum Provident has been ordered to pay £66,000 plus legal expenses after poor communication with scheme trustees left a widow without her full pension entitlement.