United Kingdom

UK - Morley Fund Management has appointed Stewart Newnham as currency analyst.

UK - Younger workers are risking their retirements by using their homes as their pension fund, a new report claims.

UK - Bircham Dyson Bell has appointed partner Jesper Christensen head of the company's employment law group.

UK - The NHS Pension Scheme is facing a hefty compensation bill after it over-estimated a member's early retirement benefit.

UK - Union leaders have accused the University of Leicester of discrimination against support workers after it closed its final salary pension scheme to new, non-academic staff.

UK - Britannic Asset Management is backing an initiative which aims to encourage schemes to invest in UK small cap companies.

UK - Insight Investments Management has recruited Stuart Collins and Alan Porter to its equity research team.

UK - Equitable Life pensioners were drawn into investing in the firm's with-profits annuities by promises the insurer could not meet, a new report claims.

UK - The UK Social Investment Forum has relaunched its Just Pensions website.

UK - GE Life has added 15 funds from Fidelity Investments, Invesco Asset Management, Liontrust Asset Management and Newton Investment Management to its defined contributions range.