Europe

SCOTLAND - Hymans Robertson has gone on a recruitment drive in a bid to improve the range and depth of its services.

UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow has been appointed by the government to act as scheme actuary and consultant for the Civil Service pension schemes.

UK - Retail giant Boots has inched one step closer in its plans to move part of its £2.5bn scheme back to equities, following the departure of group treasurer Michael Burning.

SCANDINAVIA - Platinum Capital Management has appointed Carl Edenhammar and Sven Skarendahl to its advisory board.

UK - Pension administration company Profund Systems has hired Adrian Howells as alliances manager.

UK - Schemes have attacked consultants for charging "outrageously expensive" fees for work that could be done in-house.

UK - Invesco is "bucking the trend" by bringing all of its administration and client-servicing activities in-house.

UK - Construction firms are injecting more than £100m into pensions as part of a drive to attract more young, skilled workers.

UK - The £16bn Royal Mail Pension Plan has put £20m into Schroder Property Managers' Hercules property unit trust.

UK - Engineering firm Invensys is selling the non-production parts of its business to reduce debt and plug a deficit in its pension scheme.