Europe

UK - A steering group is being set up to take plans for an occupational pensions archive to the next stage.

UK - New employees at retail giant John Lewis may have to wait five years to join the partnership's £1.2bn final salary scheme.

UK - West AM has hired Ian Williams as head of UK new business development and client service.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting will put a cap on contract liabilities sooner rather than later.

UK - OPRA is warning insurers and administrators to improve service standards to trustees or face being "named and shamed".

UK - Liberta Life, Pensions & Investments is to provide outsourcing services for the administration of Barclays Life and Woolwich Life's portfolios.

UK - The £103m University of Bristol Pension and Assurance Scheme is looking to hire a manager-of-managers to run all its assets.

DENMARK/CANADA - Lehman Brothers is launching a new Danish Mortgage Index at the beginning of December in a bid to recreate its US-led success across European markets.

EUROPE - An influx of central European countries into the EU will depress the region's strong emerging market performance, fund managers fear.

UK - The £35m Solutia UK Pension Scheme has appointed Frank Russell as its sole investment manager.