United Kingdom

UK - Barings has been appointed by United Co-operatives to manage a £11.3 million diversified growth mandate for the Yorkshire Co-operatives Employees Pension Fund.

UK - Using unclaimed pension assets to boost the pensions of those who lost out when their companies went bust could be a legal and administrative minefield, according to an interim report from senior government actuary Andrew Young.

UK - Goldman Sachs has dismissed claims its new pension buyout business has found its first target.

UK - Watson Wyatt has lost Andre du Plessis, a senior investment consultant involved with research and business development covering UK and Europe for the firm.

UK - The £1.18bn Wiltshire County Council pension fund has dumped Northern Trust in favour of three boutique managers for mandates totalling over £178m.

UK - Pension fund investment manager Hermes has decided to offer all of its passive clients the opportunity to receive index-tracking services from Legal & General Investment Management Limited.

UK - The Pensions Regulator has welcomed the publication of a library of mortality projections by the actuarial profession, reinforcing the need for actuaries to focus on the most up-to-date assumptions regarding future mortality.

UK - The London Stock Exchange has revealed plans to launch a new specialist fund market for institutional and professional investors.

UK - Hedge fund managers could be running "closet" long only portfolios, the manager of a UK-based hedge fund has claimed.

UK - The UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) has launched a free online sustainable pensions library for occupational pension funds.