United Kingdom

UK - Manager-of-manager Attica Asset Management has rebranded to MM Asset Management to reflect its sole focus on multi-manager products.

UK - Norwich Union's life, pension and investment products will be sold through the Cumberland Building Society.

UK - Employers are increasingly offering key staff alternative non-cash benefits to retain them, new research shows.

UK - Two Mercer Human Resource Consulting partners are expected to take up top appointments within the Actuarial Profession.

UK - Angry protesters have attacked plans to give Exeter city councillors access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

UK - Employers are wasting nearly £5bn a year on undervalued employee benefits for younger members of staff, an employee benefits administrator claims.

UK - Thousands of pensioners are being urged to take part in a demonstration calling for an end to means-testing.

UK - Pension deductions from low-paid workers are subsidising the Royal Bank of Scotland's huge profits, trade unionists claim.

UK - Supermarket giant Asda is dividing up £15m in annual bonuses among 100,000 employees nationwide.

UK - Two of Britain's largest pension schemes have acquired a 99% shareholding in a limited partnership which owns three factory outlets.