United Kingdom

UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed James Colegrave to strengthen its defined contribution (DC) consulting capabilities.

UK - Corporate governance specialist and proxy voting agency Manifest has reported that voting levels at annual meetings are a long way off hitting the government's 60pc target.

UK - Schroders has appointed Michael Dobson, previously head of Deutsche Asset Management and currently chairman and chief executive of Beaumont Capital Management as its chief executive of Schroders.

UK - William M. Mercer has been appointed as consultant and actuary to the new £50m DuPontSA UK pension schemes.

UK - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) will be hosting an investment conference for French institutional investors in London on October 31.

UK - Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt last week announced that shareholders are to be given the right to an annual vote on directors' pay, in a move that will strengthen links between pay and performance in the boardroom.

UK - Invesco, one of the UK's largest independent investment managers, today announced that it has appointed Jane Drew as head of public relations.

UK - Aqera launches this week, offering a new business and IT infrastructure to UK financial product providers in the highly regulated 1% world.

UK - David Rough has announced his early retirement as group director of investments from UK life assurers Legal & General to "develop new interests and a portfolio life."

UK - The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) said it was "very troubled" by further complexities that have come to light in the wake of the Government's response to the Myners' review.