United Kingdom

UK - Barnett Waddingham is holding four seminars on manager of managers' investment strategies and how trustees can use them to manage pension scheme risk.

US/UK - Christi Gujral has been made chief operating officer for the global division of US fund manager Janus International .

UK - Aberdeen Asset Management is having to defer its directors' bonuses in a bid to stave off investor fury after four of its 19 split-capital funds collapsed.

UK - Simplification Report author Alan Pickering is being asked to woo the industry over the government's proposals to tax lump sum pension payments, sources have said.

UK - The Conservative Party has proposed the creation of a new ‘Lifetime Savings Account' in a bid to tackle the UK's growing pensions crisis.

UK - Henderson Global Investors has sold a Docklands office building for £2.4m to private clients of the commercial property agency Michael Elliott.

UK - Pension schemes will have to change their rules for workers over the age of retirement following a landmark employment tribunal decision, lawyers claim.

UK - The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology has appointed the FPS Group to manage its £3m pension scheme.

UK/INDIA - Prudential is to transfer around 850 jobs from its pensions customer contact centre in Reading to India.

UK - Scottish Life is organising a national conference tour to bring pension advisers up to date with proposed government legislation.