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UK - Watson Wyatt has poached a team of senior management staff from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its insurance and financial services practice in Belgium.

UK - The Occupational Pensions Defence Union (OPDU) last week hosted a discussion forum on Managing Trustees' Expectations of Pensions Administration, which more than 150 pensions managers, trustees, third party administration providers and other advisers...

UK - Financial services group St James's Place Capital has rebuilt its pensions and life portfolio in a bid to capitalise on the stellar performances of certain individual fund managers.

UK - Henderson Global Investors has bagged a new £225m UK equities enhanced index mandate from the £20bn Universities Superannuation Scheme.

UK - investing in China offers occupational pension funds massive potential for strong returns, emerging markets fund managers claim.

UK - The £430m Northumberland County Council Pension Fund has dropped Bank of New York (BoNY) and Schroder Investment Management (SIM) as its custodians.

UK - A massive shortage of qualified and experienced staff is boosting salaries in the pension industry, a new survey shows.

UK - The regulatory regime surrounding the presentation of past performance in advertising is in need of major change, according to a task force - including industry and consumer representatives - set up by the Financial Services Authority to examine...

UK - Pension funds should not take precipitate action in response to current market volatility, consultants William M. Mercer has warned.

UK - The £2.7bn Marconi pension scheme has appointed ABN Amro Mellon as its global custodian.