United Kingdom

UK - Scottish Life has seen new business from occupational pension schemes increase 52% to £41.4m for the year to the end of September.

UK - SEI Investments has made Joseph Ujobai head of its global business segment as part of a major reshuffling of its executives.

UK - Subscribers to Cantos, the online video communications service for corporates, have surpassed the 20,000 mark.

UK - Trudy Holmes has joined HSBC Actuaries and Consultants in St Albans as a senior manager within its benefits administration practice.

UK - Pensions advisory service OPAS has hit out at the six-month time limit for part-timers claiming entry into a company pension scheme.

UK - British Airways pension scheme members have attacked plans to make shift pay pensionable as "classic short-termism".

UK - Robert Stewart has been hired as a senior global fund manager at Newton Investment Management - the UK asset management subsidiary of Mellon Financial Management.

UK - Basic state pensions need to rise substantially to provide a genuine subsistence income, the Work Foundation says.

UK - Bob Beveridge has been hired as finance director of pensions software provider Malborough Stirling.

UK - Fund managers are being urged to use electronic trading networks to cut errors and boost returns on foreign exchange holdings.