United Kingdom

UK - Money purchase schemes are urging the NAPF to ensure its newly-created DC forum does not become merely a "talking shop".

UK - Trustees are realising the "brutal truth" that occupational money purchase schemes are not simple to run, independent firms told IPN's sister publication, Professional Pensions.

UK - Less than 30 employees have joined British Airways' DC scheme since the closure of the final salary New Airways Pension Scheme.

UK - Henderson Global Investors has reshuffled its UK institutional business team.

UK - Scheme managers are urging companies to choose unbundled packages when they set up defined contribution plans - even though costs may be higher.

UK - The TUC has published a corporate governance and social responsibility report for its own scheme in line with efforts to promote transparency and accountability.

UK - A shift by mid-market firms from occupational money purchase schemes to stakeholder plans could trigger a new wave of closures, consultants fear.

UK - Properties containing a bustling mix of offices, houses and retail outlets are producing higher returns than single-use developments, new research shows.

UK - Kate Hughes has been appointed vice president and managing director of CDC IXIS Asset Management in the UK.

UK/EU - Pension schemes in the UK are backing an EU initiative which aims to make European corporate governance "a model for the rest of the world".