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UK - Marlborough Stirling's outsourcing deal with Gartmore Investment Management has been extended for another two years.

UK - Schroder Investment Management's interim pre-tax profits have more than doubled from £27.2m to £60.8m this year.

UK - HSBC Actuaries & Consultants is surveying fund managers to assess the effectiveness of their socially responsible investment and corporate governance strategies.

UK - Commercial property is continuing to outperform all other asset classes, research shows.

UK - Firms will be able to cut their health insurance premiums if staff work out regularly at the gym.

UK - Multi-manager funds will become one of the standard investment options DC schemes offer members, Threadneedle Investments predicts.

UK - Companies have been warned to resolve uncertainties over pension benefits or face a KPMG-style ruling that left the accounting giant responsible for a massive shortfall.

UK - Healthcare provider BUPA has refuted claims by consumer champion Which? that health screening does more harm than good.

UK - Wandsworth Council is facing mounting pressure to stop its pension scheme investing in arms manufacturers.

UK - Former Railways Pension Trustee company chief executive Peter Murray has joined Epic Investment Consulting as a member of its investment panel.