United Kingdom

UK - A tailored online administration platform is being launched by Aegon UK to help IFAs seize business in the burgeoning flexible benefits market.

UK - Birmingham-headquarterd law firm Wragge & Co has appointed Jason Coates as a London-based pensions partner, effective November 1.

UK - Trade unions and industry leaders are renewing calls for retrospective pension protection following the collapse of Appledore Shipbuilding, Britain's oldest shipbuilder.

UK - Financial services companies have become more confident in the last quarter than at any time in the last four years, a survey shows.

UK - Northern Trust Global Investments is launching two enhanced index funds aimed at UK-based schemes.

UK - Only four out of 10 people are saving for their retirement and the majority of those are in occupational schemes, government figures show.

UK - Unions are threatening industrial action to stop Rolls Royce from making its workers bear the brunt of increased pension costs.

UK - Key Asset Management, the independent fund of hedge funds manager, has appointed Jaakko Karki as its new group chief investment officer.

UK - A group set up to regulate independent trustees has been urged to produce a code of practice quickly to "rein in the cowboys."

UK/IRELAND - Singer & Friedlander Investment Management has axed eight of its Dublin-based pooled funds and moved the assets into four UK domiciled vehicles.