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UK - Shipping group Maersk has promised to give Sea-Land Service Pension Plan members any minimum funding requirement surplus that would otherwise be used for wind-up costs.

UK - The NAPF is planning to expand its voting services in a move that will heighten its competition with PIRC and Manifest.

UK - Public service union Unison wants bigger pensions for ambulance workers to reflect their shorter working lives. Unison says 70% of ambulance staff retire on ill-health grounds before the age of 55. It believes their reduced working lives should...

UK - Former Hermes Pensions Management chief executive Alastair Ross Goobey has received a £500,000 golden handshake.

UK - Lionbrook Property Partnership is seeking the consent of its partners to open for new investment.

UK - Food group Uniq is to close its £425m final salary scheme to new members from the end of the month.

UK - A major survey on pension scheme attitudes towards alternative investment strategies is being launched by JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has appointed Nick Codd and Tony Salter as senior consultants and European principals.

UK - Firms will face large pay demands unless they make "adequate" contributions to money purchase schemes.

UK - Colin Morrison has been hired as head of performance and risk measurement at Standard Life Investments.