United Kingdom

UK - Friends Provident has seen a 24% increase in life and pensions sales over the third quarter.

UK - Industry experts remain supportive of the government's intention to set up a protection fund, new research shows.

UK - The Bank of New York has hired Ray Bloom and Jeff Crispin as vice presidents in its UK pension funds team.

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds is having to redraft its literature to express an "element of risk" in final salary schemes.

UK - Schemes have voted overwhelming in favour of changes to the National Association of Pension Funds' structure, which will make it "simpler, fairer and more democratic".

UK - A string of fund managers are set to roll out structured equity and bond funds, which are claimed to "precisely match" pension fund liabilities.

UK - Seasonal workers employed by Asda are to be given the same pension rights as their full-time colleagues in time for Christmas.

UK - Government policies to means-test benefits through the pensions credit are unsustainable in the long-term, warned Labour MP Frank Field.

UK - Angry scheme members are to break civil disobedience laws in a protest to prompt the government into paying compensation for their lost pensions.

UK - Unions have blasted Rolls Royce for using "delaying tactics" to try to stop a strike ballot over plans to reduce scheme benefits.