Europe

UK - Trade union leaders are taking the government to the European Court of Justice over pension benefits for steel workers.

UK - Many UK companies do not see corporate governance and social responsibility as significant issues, research by Insight Investment reveals.

UK - Schroders has completed its new property transactions team with the two new hires.

UK - The Church of England is set to snub government moves to give same-sex couples the same pension rights as married couples.

EUROPE - European pension funds are increasingly turning to alternative investments to avoid losses on traditional equity markets, a new survey from JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management reveals.

UK - Pension fund disapproval has failed to stop WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell receiving a new three-year rolling contract.

UK - The creation of a compulsory occupational pension insurance scheme for the UK - similar to the discredited Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in the US -- has been criticised as anachronistic and widely slammed by consultants.

UK - Morley Fund Management has strengthened its strategy team by recruiting Gerard Lane as a quantitative strategist.

UK - Bus company bosses have bowed to union strike threats and agreed to keep the firm's final salary scheme open.

UK - Gissings has been appointed by property consultancy Cluttons as adviser to its pension schemes and medical insurance following the release of Jardine Lloyd Thompson.