United Kingdom

UK - Company-appointed trustees at the embattled Sea-Land Service Pension Plan have snubbed an offer to help them get more cash for members.

UK - OPRA is hosting an exhibition stand at the Employer Talk conference at Birmingham's National Motorcycle Museum next Tuesday (February 25).

UK - Company pensions contributions have rocketed by 25% in the past two years, new figures show.

UK - Hermes Pensions Management and property specialist Prestbury Investment Holdings have set up a £50m real estate partnership.

UK - The William Sutton Trust - one of Britain's largest housing associations - is to transfer members of its £44m scheme to the Social Housing Pension Scheme.

UK - The number of private sector staff in final salary schemes has plunged to a 40-year low, Government Actuary figures show.

UK - Trustees will be able to slash the time it takes to wind-up schemes by using a bulk data transfer service launched by Legal & General.

EU/UK - Proposed amendments to an EU pensions directive pose a significant threat to UK occupational pension schemes, according to the EEF (Engineering Employers Federation).

UK - Winterthur Life, the UK life and pensions arm of Credit Suisse, has created new roles for John Moret and Jim Ryan at its subsidiary PPML.

UK - Watson Wyatt has delayed the release of its fund manager selection performance figures until April.