Mandates

The £5bn Co-operative Group Pension Scheme has appointed Mercer to provide it with implemented consulting services for its alternatives investments.

The London Borough of Brent Pension Fund has appointed Alinda Capital Partners to manage a infrastructure mandate worth around £25m.

The trustees of the East of England Co-operative Society's two defined benefit pension schemes - worth a total of £78m - have appointed SEI to provide an integrated fiduciary management strategy.

Daily Mail and General Trust have appointed Hewitt Associates to provide scheme actuary and related services to their pension schemes.