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UK - Integrated Asset Management, listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, has published a prospectus in relation to the offer for subscription of its new class of variable rate convertible unsecured loan notes, linking...

UK - Pensions are the lowest priority for UK workers, research from Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow shows.

UK - Marconi has doubled the allocation of bonds in its £2.35m final salary pension scheme over the past 18 months.

UK - Standard & Poor's has published its largest ever assessment of the work of the investment professionals in charge of managed mixed funds.

UK - P3 Corporate Pensions Software has launched the first off-the-shelf pensions administration system.

UK - A major trade union has accused employers of "stealth cuts" in scheme contributions.

UK - Neptune Investment Management has rejected claims that a UK mainland terrorist attack would drive the FTSE100 down to 3000.

UK - The government is urging employers to disclose their pensions arrangements when advertising vacancies in a bid to promote occupational schemes as a market-competitive tool.

UK - Pension funds can cut investment costs by improving their trading practices, Axa Investment Managers says.

UK - Few funds have escaped lightly from the global deterioration in pension funds' balance sheets, a review by Watson Wyatt shows.