United Kingdom

UK - Perenco UK has set up a new pension scheme with both DB and DC sections following a major acquisition.

UK - Scottish Equitable has launched a risk profiling tool to "take the uncertainty" out of setting investment strategy.

UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has launched a series of low-risk, high-return liquidity funds.

UK/MYANMAR - ISIS Asset Management, Europe's largest socially responsible investment specialist, has "welcomed" British American Tobacco's (BAT) decision to pull out its controversial asset operations from Myanmar (Burma).

UK - Better education is a better way to protect investors than tighter regulatory controls, financial advisers claim.

UK - The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has kick-started a campaign to target firms with "poor employment practices and performance histories".

UK - Industry experts need to do more to educate investors on private equity.

UK - Hymans Robertson has taken the lion's share of the local authority mandates up for grabs following Watson Wyatt's decision to quit the sector.

UK- Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed two senior executives to its UK equity fund management team.

UK - Equitable Life members claim the inquiry into the failed mutual will be a "cop out" because former directors and auditors will not be criticised.