United Kingdom

UK - MNPA - a subsidiary of the £2.9bn Merchant Navy Officers' Pension Fund - has appointed John Finan and John Edler as non-executive directors.

UK - IPN's sister title Professional Pensions is launching a new pension industry diary service.

UK - Majedie Asset Management has launched a range of UK equity funds for pension funds and charities.

UK - The £1.1bn John Lewis Partnership Trust for Pensions has appointed Isis Asset Management to provide SRI overlay for a £400m index equities mandate.

UK - Liberata Life Pensions & Investements has appointed Steve Casey as a general manager on its Axa Sun Life account.

UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson's employee benefits group has won a contract to provide pension services for the AMP group schemes.

UK - Institutional shareholders must discipline company boards which do not demonstrate best practice in corporate governance, Standard Life Investments says.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has moved to new offices in Liverpool.

US/UK - Neptune Investment Management has launched the Neptune US Opportunities fund and has appointed Craig Ellis as head of US equities.

UK - The £1.9bn Hampshire County Council Pension Fund has acquired two warehouses in Oxfordshire and Berkshire totalling nearly £7m.