Barnett Waddingham has appointed Simon Taylor as associate in its corporate consulting practice.
The trustees of the Wightlink pension scheme have appointed Punter Southall to provide a full service of actuarial, consultancy and administration services.
Capita Hartshead and Bluefin Corporate Consulting will operate as a combined business under the new name of Capita Employee Benefits from November.
The Pensions Regulator must investigate the way in which employers consult with their workforces on scheme changes, the Association of Member Nominated Trustees says.
UK - The number of pension funds retendering their investment consultant services fell sharply in 2010 from a high of 5.2% of funds in 2009 to 3.5% last year, research suggests.
Hewitt has been appointed by healthcare and life sciences product provider, The Getinge Group, to provide investment consulting services to its three UK pension schemes.
US/CANADA - Manager search activity by institutional investors in North America is set to increase 13% above 2009 levels, potentially resulting in a shift in assets of US$420bn this year, a survey by eVestment Alliance and Casey, Quirk & Associates revealed....
EUROPE - Investors have shown renewed confidence to private equity pushing fundraising by European private equity funds up by 18% in the second quarter, data by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) revealed.
UK - Union Unite has warned of a "pensions backlash" from thousands of IBM employees over plans to close its final salary pension schemes to future accrual.