United Kingdom

UK/US - Simon Melluish is now senior portfolio manager for Gartmore's flagship Total Return Mutual Fund.

UK - A conference on life insurance and pensions processing solutions is being held at London's Waldorf Meridien on September 30 and October 1.

UK - The 11th annual Company Investor Show is on October 3 in London.

UK - The £12.5bn BP Pension Fund has purchased an industrial unit in Bow, London, for £2.66m.

UK - Ports operator Clydeport has no plans to change its £77m pension scheme's equity-weighted asset allocation - despite a large drop in its surplus.

UK - Standard & Poor's has awarded ratings to five of Franklin Templeton Investments' funds.

UK - The Ethical Investment Research Service is holding a seminar for institutional investors to discuss trends in socially responsible investment on October 15.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson has hired Giles Davis as business development manager.

UK - The London Stock Exchange urged the government not to legislate to enforce standards of corporate governance.

UK - Standard Life Investments' UK smaller companies fund has been awarded a double-A rating from Forsyth OBSR.