United Kingdom

UK - Hermes Pensions Management will call for the Scottish Investment Trust board to resign at tomorrow's (Friday) annual general meeting.

UK - Staff at British Gas and the AA are increasing their pension contributions to keep their final salary schemes open to new members.

UK - Allianz Dresdner Asset Management has promoted Mark Lovett as head of UK and European equities in London.

UK - Performance measurer the WM Company is to have its services substantially upgraded by its new parent, State Street.

UK/NEPAL - Gurkhas seeking the same pension rights as British soldiers have lost their case in the High Court.

UK - The chance for pension reform will be lost if industry responses to the government Green Paper focus on defined benefit issues, money purchase providers warn.

UK - Gas supplier BOC is to close its £1bn final salary scheme to new entrants from the end of June and replace it with a money purchase scheme.

UK/EU - Many key proposals in the UK's Green Paper will be annulled by Europe's upcoming Pensions Directive, senior UK lawyers claim.

UK -The government's priorities for pensions are unclear and are storing up problems for the future, a hard-hitting report by the Pensions Policy Institute warns.

UK - Trustees and administrators must take greater care in ensuring members are properly informed about AVCs, the pensions ombudsman warns.