United Kingdom

UK/EUROPE - PIMCO Europe Ltd has appointed David Viana and Tom Rice to high profile positions on its management team.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is developing packaged services that it claims will help companies manage their next generation money purchase and "legacy" final salary plans.

UK - Executive salaries will soar as employers compensate those over the £1.5m lifetime savings limit, a consultant predicts.

UK - Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is holding a trustee training course next month.

UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow claims it is starting to win investment consulting work solely on the strength of its unconstrained mandate offering.

UK - The crisis affecting occupational pension schemes is discussed in a new book by economics lecturer Martin Sullivan.

UK - The government has agreed to take "belt and braces action" to ensure trustees are aware of their responsibilities when a scheme is being wound up.

UK - Blyth & Blyth scheme members face a protracted delay to find out if legal action against the former trustees and actuary will proceed.

UK - Mellon Human Resources and Investor Solutions has called for the establishment of a new pensions authority to help create a more stable and cost-effective system for pensions in the long-term.

UK - Actuaries have warned the government that it must ensure "suitable" firms enter the market if the sector is deregulated.