United Kingdom

UK - Deutsche Asset Management's (DAM) Adrian Frost has left the firm after 18 years.

UK - Standard Life has appointed Giles Henderson as a non-executive director.

UK - The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has endorsed the simplification of private pensions legislation and regulation by the government.

UK - The Society of Pension Consultants (SPC) has welcomed the proposal to extend the periods for correcting MFR (Minimum Funding Requirement) deficits.

UK - Morgan Stanley Investment Management's (MSIM) Global Core Equity has celebrated its first anniversary with a solid average annual outperformance since inception of 4% after fees.

UK - F&C Management has appointed Robin Woodall as head of UK equities, with immediate effect. Before taking on this role, Woodall was deputy head of the UK team. He joined F&C through the acquisition of ESN Pensions Management in 1996.

UK - The National Health Service (NHS) has appointed Standard Life as a designated stakeholder provider and Group AVC provider for Scotland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales.

UK - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today gave a status report on investigations into whether anyone - either the terrorist organisations themselves or others who may have had knowledge of what was planned - profited from the atrocities in the...

UK - Russell has appointed Jamie Downing as UK sales manager of its institutional investment services team.

UK - Peter Baynham has been appointed senior investment consultant and European partner based in London with William M Mercer.