United Kingdom

UK - For every pension fund there seems to be a buyout solution, but things become interesting when investment giants such as Goldman Sachs (GS) get involved.

UK - Lothian Pension Fund has reappointed Standard Life Investments to manage a segregated property portfolio valued at £350m (US$699m).

UK - Watson Wyatt has poached former staffer Keith Jecks from ABN AMRO, where he spent four years as global head of pensions advisory.

UK - The Morgan Crucible UK pension scheme has transfered the pensioner risks of both its main and senior schemes to Lucida, in a buyout deal worth £160m (US$323m).

UK - Changes to the employer debt regime will provide further challenges to a pensions industry already overburdened by regulation, experts have warned.

UK - The $1bn (US$2bn) Somerset County Council Pension fund has said it intends to move into the alternate asset space with a £30m allocation to an active emerging markets mandate.

UK - The British Medical Association (BMA) has won a case relating to GP pensions, after a High Court judge ruled the government had acted unlawfully.

UK - The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has awarded a US$200m hedge fund replication mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

UK - Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed UBS Global Asset Management to manage a US equity contract, according to MandateWire.

UK - London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has appointed JPMorgan to provide portfolio administration and performance reporting for its alternative investment portfolio.