Hermes Fund Managers has recruited James Taylor as director of government bonds.

Hutton favours gradual pension age rise; Auto-enrol pensions attacked by owners of small companies; Nest flouts convention and allows trustees to decide

EDHEC; Amundi; Corinthian Cove Consulting; Scottish Widows Investment Partnership; Standard Life Investments; Mercer; CalPERS

Pensions safety net is in the Black; Pensions lifeboat shows £400m surplus

Mercer has recruited Paul Noone and Cathryn Cooney to its UK outsourcing business in a bid to improve its benefits delivery service for pension scheme members.

The Pensions Management Institute has appointed a business development executive in a bid to further promote its membership qualifications and services to the industry.

UK - Active membership in private sector defined benefit schemes declined by 200,000 to 2.4 million in 2009 but remained constant in the public sector, official statistics show.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has recruited Craig Mackenzie as part of a new governance and sustainability team which launches on 1 November.

BBC threatened with Christmas strike; BBC journalists call strikes that could disrupt Christmas; BBC pension vote heads for split result

UK - The Wedgwood Museum could see its historic collection of antique pottery sold off by the Pension Protection Fund in a bid to pay off a £134m ($213.5m) scheme liability, an MP warns.