United Kingdom

UK pension schemes which fail to offer provision for dependants of same sex partners may be greatly under-estimating demand, according to Compass IFA.

UK final salary contribution rates may have to go up by 2% or more to keep up with increasing life expectancy, according to Bacon & Woodrow.

UK financial services group PIFC Benefit Consultants plc has added Vanda Cox, Mark Howlett and Georgia Bignell to its main board.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Graeme Caughey as fund manager in its global bonds & economics team.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has been appointed by Cassa Italiana di Previdenza e Assistenza dei Geometri Liberi Professionisti (Cassa dei Geometri) to manage a EUR25m (£15m) active Japanese equity portfolio.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Bill Blair as a senior member of the UK and European research team.

Scottish Widows has been appointed as stakeholder provider to the UK's Retail and Motor Industry Federation.

UK Coal Mining has appointed Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to manage an active bond and cash management portfolio of approximately £17m of pension fund money.

UK retailers WHSmith has appointed Abbey National to run new additional voluntary contributions (AVC) and stakeholder provisions.

UK pension funds are pledging their support for new draft guidelines which would force FTSE 100 companies to adopt socially responsible practices.