United Kingdom

UK - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has appointed Mark Burgess as global co-head of equities.

UK - The Tuckerman Group has surpassed the $2bn (£1.1bn) mark in property assets under management.

UK - Scheme members who lost their pensions when their firms collapsed want the parliamentary ombudsman to investigate the Financial Services Authority.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is to hold two seminars on the advantages and disadvantages of flexible benefit and voluntary benefit arrangements.

UK - Property is a poor substitute for a good pension plan despite the recent surge in house prices, a new report warns.

UK - Network Rail will hold emergency talks with union chiefs tomorrow in a bid to avert strike action over pensions.

UK - Standard Life Investments has bought the freehold to an industrial warehouse in Walsall from GE Capital and Opus Land for approximately £7.7m.

UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed Neil Puxley as a senior consultant in its account management team.

UK - The Association of Property Unit Trusts has teamed up with its European counterpart to promote best practice and transparency among pooled property vehicles.

UK - Finance unions Unifi and Amicus have merged and warned employers not to attempt to "whittle away" pension entitlements.