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The £2.5bn South Yorkshire Pension Fund (SYPF) is looking to hire a commercial direct property advisor to manage its £220m UK-based real estate portfolio, according to John Hattersley, fund manager at SYPF.

The Thomson Travel Pension Scheme in the UK has appointed Wesleyan Assurance Society as additional voluntary contributions (AVC) provider to run alongside Standard Life.

The KLM Flight Personnel pension fund has dropped its NLG100m (£27m) claim against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

Global financial services firm, Mellon Financial Corporation, has appointed Jan Altink as director of corporate affairs for Europe.

International fund manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has launched a new asset allocation vehicle for pension fund clients.

Global firm Aon Consulting has appointed David West to its international benefits practice as a senior consultant.

Ahlstrom has selected SEI Investments to manage it's entire $90m US-based defined benefit pension plan.

Kathryn Matthews has quit as head of global institutional business at AXA Investment managers.

Ennis Knupp Associates has been appointed as retainer consultant to the $56bn Ohio Public Employees' Retirement System (OPERS).

The £2bn City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Pension Fund has dropped Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) from its £150m European equities brief and has given it to BlackRock.