United Kingdom

UK - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - the investment arm of Dresdner Bank - has launched a credit risk and portfolio management system, CreditHorizons.

UK - Pest control firm Rentokil has kick-started its employer pension contributions after a three-year holiday.

UK - Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is holding a training course for newly appointed trustees or those wishing to refresh their skills in October.

UK - Scheme funding problems at schools have been linked to the loss of nearly 5000 teaching posts in the last year.

UK - Government efforts to get older workers back into jobs have flopped, new research shows.

UK - Part-time firefighters have lost their battle for equal pensions rights in the largest employment class action in British history.

UK - John Hamilton has joined pensions law firm ASB Law. Hamilton has worked for some of the City's leading firms since becoming a solicitor in 1997.

UK - Man Investments, the alternative investments arm of Man Group, has made four senior hires to its legal, finance and human resources teams.

UK - A City pension scheme manager's claim for unfair dismissal has been thrown out after he was unable to say when he was fired.

UK - IFAs could boost their clients' pension income by more than £2000 a year by transferring to a pension with a tiered single charge, Legal & General claims.