Europe

UK - Pension schemes may be forced to help pay retrospective compensation in three years because the government has not set aside enough money.

UK - The Australian compulsory private superannuation model does not ensure a higher savings ratio among scheme members, delegates were told.

UK - Lawyer Stuart Lippiatt, who established the pensions practice at Norton Rose, has died. He was 56.

UK - The governments of 30 countries - including the UK - have signed up to the revised OECD corporate governance code of best practice.

UK - Shareholders in household cleaning products firm Reckitt Benckiser have been urged to vote against the company's remuneration report.

UK - Union leaders have called on the government to introduce compulsion on the back of new research into stakeholder schemes.

UK - The National Pensioners' Convention has produced a manifesto containing more than 400 proposed legislative amendments, including changes to the Pensions Bill.

UK - Trustees are being urged to re-evaluate compromise deals drawn up in the past year after the regulator warned it would consider retrospective action.

UK - Prudential has launched a "new generation of flexible bulk annuity products" for schemes in wind-up.

UK - Workers who lost their pension pots when their firms collapsed are stepping up their protests for compensation - despite the government's offer of £400m over 20 years.