United Kingdom

UK - PSolve, the new Punter Southall financial consultancy, has won the mandate to advise on the review of investment strategy at The Electricity Association Services Group (EAS Group).

UK - Lazard Asset Management's Mark Pollard has quit as the firm's head of European Equities in order to reassess his life, a spokesman for the firm said.

UK - William M Mercer has taken the unusual step of revealing its asset manager research data - data which reveals that its manager recommendations have beaten their benchmarks in 39 out of 45 asset categories.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions (JLT) has made a senior appointment as part of a move to expand in Scotland.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has appointed Clive Hamilton as business development manager, with responsibility for growing the business in the Midlands and the North of England.

UK - The £189m Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames Pension Fund is tendering for a global custodian.

UK - Minister for Pensions Ian McCartney has appointed Brian Davis as independent reviewer for the quinquennial review of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra).

UK - The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has appointed Gissings to provide pensions advisory services to its final salary scheme.

UK - Pension fund trustees should give explicit reasons for precluding the use of absolute return funds such as futures, Deutsche Asset Management claims.

UK - L&P Systems has won three new clients for its pensions administration system Pension Master.