United Kingdom

UK/US - Employers need to spend time and money on communication to increase take-up rates in defined contribution plans, Winterthur Life says.

UK - Opas wants new laws to give scheme members the right to take part of their benefits if they work past retirement age.

UK - Investec Asset Management has been awarded "best pension fund returns over one year" in five categories in the WM survey of pension fund performance.

UK - Law firm Norton Rose is to hold a breakfast seminar on the pensions aspects of business transfers on Tuesday 20 May.

UK - The London Stock Exchange has finalised its senior management team following a reshuffle earlier this year.

UK - Current timescales for the reform of pension tax rules may be difficult to achieve, Jardine Lloyd Thompson warns.

UK - Government proposals for a lifetime limit on pension savings will do nothing to encourage people to save, the Institute of Chartered Accountants claims.

UK - Financial services outsourcer Hazell Carr has been named as one of the 100 UK private companies with fastest growing profits.

UK - The NAPF has branded the work and pensions select committee report on the future of pensions as "profoundly disappointing".

UK - Legal & General is urging DC scheme members to mix their investments between fixed income and equities.