United Kingdom

UK - Multi-manager SEI has won its biggest pension fund mandate with an £117m global equities brief from The Diamond Trading Company.

UK - Hogg Robinson Trustees has been appointed to manage the pensions schemes of Belfast-based Richardson's Fertilizers and the energy company TXU.

UK - Hermes Pensions Management is to set up its first direct private equity fund which will invest in UK and European mid-market companies.

UK - Jason Whittaker, a fund manager at new "no gain, no fee" firm Bedlam Asset Management, has resigned.

UK - The Royal National Institute for the Blind has tripled contributions to its £55m final salary pension scheme putting a serious strain on its finances.

UK/DENMARK - Four major pension funds have made investments in Henderson Global Investors' UK retail warehouse fund.

UK - An unusually large range of yields among low investment-grade bonds is offering pension funds the chance for high returns, industry experts claim.

UK - The Pensions Management Institute spring conference - Embracing Change - will be held on March 20.

UK - Pensioners are moving out of cities and into shire counties at an increasing rate, a study of 1991 and 2001 census figures shows.

UK - Software provider Sirius Financial Systems has released its update of its Swift administration system.