United Kingdom

UK - Insight Investment has boosted its fixed income team with the appointment of Andy Evans as head of credit research.

UK - SolutionForge, the UK-based provider of financial Straight-Through Processing (STP) solutions has been appointed by Skandia UK to implement its FIX.NET Server 2002 FIX engine.

UK - Law firm KLegal is combining its employment law and employment relations practices to create a single "people services" practice.

UK -Employee benefits group Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has launched a trustee training programme designed specifically for ‘absolute beginner' trustees.

UK - The government's pensions green paper will be published before the end of the year, prime minister Tony Blair has confirmed ending weeks of industry speculation.

UK - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has strengthened its enhanced equities capability with the appointment of Simon Roe as senior investment manager.

UK - Council workers will see their pensions plummet if defined benefit is replaced by a career average scheme, trade union Unison warns.

UK - The GMB union is to pursue sex and race discrimination claims against Islington council after it removed dinner ladies from the Local Government Pension Scheme.

UK - HSBC Asset Management has taken another blow following the defection of two senior figures to Neptune Investment Management.

UK - The Employers' Organisation for Local Government and Barclays Global Investors are offering a series of investment seminars to help councillors responsible for the Local Government Pension Scheme.