United Kingdom

UK - F&C Management has appointed JP Morgan's Robin Hubbard as its newest emerging markets fixed income manager.

UK - Pension funds will increase their exposure to property if stamp duty is reduced in this month's Budget, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.

UK/EUROPE - Leading UK pension lawyers believe a legal block can be placed against European Union proposals to place limits on risky investments.

UK - Consulting actuaries Punter Southall has launched of a series of seminars aimed at helping trustees and pension managers better understand FRS17, the new UK accounting standard which is intended to provide clearer disclosure in relation to retirement...

UK - Will Hay, Standard Life Investment's (SLI) head of fixed income, is to leave, following following a reorganisation at the firm.

UK - Volex Group Pension Funds has appointed Clerical Medical as its AVC provider.

UK - Paymaster, the pensions processing and administration division of corporate and employee services company Hogg Robinson, has announced the win of a five year pensions outsourcing contract with Coors Brewers.

UK - Essex County Council is putting nearly half its £2bn pension fund up for tender, following an asset liability modelling conducted by consultant Watson Wyatt.

UK - Dino Fuschillo has resigned today as head of European equities at SG Asset Management in London to join Edinburgh-based Martin Currie as a director.

UK - The £13bn Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund has appointed five firms to private equity.