United Kingdom

UK - Morley Fund Management has appointed Iain Richards as head of its corporate governance team, public policy, effective June 23.

UK - Less than a third of the pension providers have the technology to provide statutory money purchase illustration statements, a survey by Dunstan Thomas shows.

UK - Proxy voting agency Manifest has unveiled a new product for pension funds that want to take a greater interest in corporate governance.

UK - A risk-modelling system which schemes can use to evaluate fund managers' performance has been developed by Aon Consulting.

UK - Private finance initiative hospitals are creating a two-tier pension system in the health service, union leaders claim.

UK - OPRA complaints increased substantially in the first quarter despite a dip in reports relating to occupational schemes, new figures show.

UK - The Inland Revenue has published a set of "frequently asked questions" relating to investments in self-invested personal pensions.

UK - BP has come under fire from former staff for failing to honour enhanced transfer value deals on pensions.

UK - Better pensions are the next best thing to a pay rise, research from Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow shows.

UK - Capita Hartshead has appointed Paul Faulkner as pensions operations director.