United Kingdom

UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers has lost international team leader Jeremy Hill to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

UK - ISIS Equity Partners has appointed Paul Morris to the new position of investment director.

SCOTLAND - Edinburgh City Council is considering increasing employer contributions to help close a £30m deficit in its Lothian Buses pension fund.

UK - Friends Provident has enhanced its online services for independent financial advisers.

UK - Stakeholder pension take-up figures have been "shamelessly spun" by the government, the Conservative Party claims.

UK - Defined contribution scheme members should aim to contribute a percentage of their salary that is at least half their age, Legal & General claims.

UK - Schemes are being urged to consider biodiversity as part of their socially responsible investment policies.

UK - Attica Asset Management has appointed Schroders to manage a UK equity mandate.

UK - Unmarried and same-sex partners of armed forces personnel are to be given the same pensions rights as husbands and wives.

SCOTLAND - The City of Edinburgh Pension Fund looks set to have a £12m stake in Wolfson Microelectronics, as the Edinburgh-based company prepares to float.