United Kingdom

UK - Pensioners have criticised unions for failing to campaign for decent state pension provision.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has been appointed to provide administration services for Texas Instruments UK pension scheme.

UK - Axa has revamped its group pensions range by simplifying the application process for employees.

UK - ALMOST 80% of pension administrators are unhappy in their job, new research claims.

UK - ABBEY has added 56 institutional funds to its wrap self-invested personal pensions.

UK - The government is considering increasing the quota of member-nominated trustees on pension scheme boards from a third to one-half.

UK - Britannic Asset Management has been awarded a $100m segregated Japanese equities mandate to manage on behalf of an established Scandinavian corporation.

UK - BANK of Ireland Asset Management is forecasting improving equity returns despite modest performance in the first quarter.

UK - BARING Asset Management is launching a long-short hedge fund for schemes that want to invest in China.

UK - THE Pensions Management Institute's Trustee Group has drawn up a checklist of information that new trustees require to make the best decisions.