United Kingdom

UK - Credit Suisse Asset Management is launching its own range of pooled funds for schemes with specific benchmarks.

UK - Consultants are seeking urgent discussions with Henderson Global Investors after an internal audit found a number of possible mandate guideline breaches.

UK - Lord Justice Hutton's inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly has uncovered a long-running dispute over pay and pensions entitlements.

UK - Pension schemes that move into bonds are leaving themselves exposed to huge risks, PricewaterhouseCoopers warns.

UK - Britannic Asset Management is boosting its UK investment team with the appointment of Finlay MacDonald.

UK - Fund managers are ramping up their global equity teams as consultants take a growing interest in the market.

UK - Unions are threatening to take transport contractor Alstom UK to court over the way early retirement penalties were added to the final salary pension scheme.

UK - First-half profits at Barclays Global Investors soared to £91m - a 52% rise on the same period last year.

UK - No gain, no fee fund manager Bedlam Asset Management has won its first scheme mandates.

UK - Pension funds have praised Unilever for approaching institutional investors to ask why they failed to vote at its annual general meeting.