JUST Retirement has announced new business figures for the six months to December 31 last year - showing total sales of £309.6m.

SYNDICATE Asset Management has bought specialist fund management group EPIC Investment Partners for £17.8m.

Most housing associations in the multi-employer Social Housing Pension Scheme plan to reduce benefits for new members, new research reveals.

MORLEY Fund Management has launched an emerging markets local currency bond fund through its sister company, Aviva Fund Services.

The government is prepared to rethink the proposed £5000 a year limit on personal account contributions, pensions reform minister James Purnell says.

A JOINT strategy to protect the health of hundreds of thousands of workers in the North West has been launched in Liverpool.

US - BlackRock saw its assets under management reach US$1.1trn at end December 2006, marking a $49.6bn increase on the previous quarter.

INVESCO Perpetual has been hired to run a £70m UK equities mandate by B&CE Benefit Schemes.

SCHRODERS has launched a diversified global equity fund targeted specifically at small and medium-sized pension schemes.

THE BANK Of New York has revamped its online custody services to let schemes view full details about their holdings at the click of a mouse.