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KPMG has hired Jon Exley, former partner at rival Mercer's financial strategy group, to serve as partner within the investment advisory practice.

Trustees of the Meat and Livestock Commission Pension Scheme have completed a £150m pensioner buy-in with Aviva, prompted by a drop in the pricing of such deals.

JLT Investment Consulting has established a Scottish operation with the launch of an investment consulting team in Edinburgh.

Mercer has hired a key employee from the National Employment Savings Trust as a senior consultant in its governance and trustee services group.

Professional Pensions assembled a panel of three industry experts to talk about the key issues facing the global economy over the coming 12 months.

Government has launched a consultation into increasing employee contribution rates for the local government pension scheme in a bid to save £900m.

Members of Lloyds TSB Pension Funds are demanding to know whether the £4bn partnership created to plug the schemes' deficits was used to offload "toxic assets".

Labour has made a final attempt to change the government's reforms of women's state pensions.

GLOBAL - The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has launched ICI Global, a London-based trade association focused exclusively on globally active funds - including regulated US and non US funds.

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