United Kingdom

UK - Fund managers Nick Slater joins Attica Asset Management as director of marketing and client service.

SCOTLAND - The £6bn Glasgow-based Strathclyde Pension Fund has reappointed Hymans Robertson as its actuary following a Best Value review.

UK - Morley Fund Management has appointed Malcolm Le May as MD of its international business.

UK - Six out of 10 stakeholder pensions have been taken out by builders who have joined the B&CE Insurance scheme, new figures show.

UK - Brian Wilson, head of benefits research at Bacon & Woodrow (B&W), has spoken out against news reports suggesting that company pension schemes are unsafe.

UK - Only a handful of pension funds are investing in hedge funds despite strong pressure in the wake of the Myners review to do so.

UK - The government is looking to change current legislation in a bid to increase the number of members on trustee boards.

UK - Graham Kane of Old Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM) has resigned as head of business development to join another investment company. OMAM declined to comment on which company he will be joining.

UK - Morley Fund Management has won a £200m bond mandate from T&N - the major UK subsidiary of car component giant Federal-Mogul Corporation.

UK - Three of the UK's major voting issues voices have approved Scottish & Newcastle's director remuneration report.