Europe

UK - Hymans Robertson has taken the lion's share of the local authority mandates up for grabs following Watson Wyatt's decision to quit the sector.

UK- Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed two senior executives to its UK equity fund management team.

UK - Equitable Life members claim the inquiry into the failed mutual will be a "cop out" because former directors and auditors will not be criticised.

UK - Corporate governance activists are to target executive pension schemes as part of their crackdown on the remuneration of underperforming directors.

UK - Union leaders have held emergency talks with Network Rail bosses over the closure of the company's final salary scheme to new entrants but have warned that industrial action remains a "strong possibility".

UK - Higher gilt yields could lead to an increase in the mis-selling of income drawdown investments, the Drawdown Bureau warns.

UK - Watson Wyatt is hosting a research workshop on the financial risks of pension schemes.

UK - Winterthur Life is to host a series of regional investment workshops for financial intermediaries across the country.

UK- Standard Life Investments (SLI) global fund managers has appointed Malcolm Jones as investment director, UK institutional business.

UK - Barratt Developments has appointed Mercer Human Resource Consulting to provide actuarial, administration and investment consulting services.