The £12m Mercury Provident Pension Scheme has reappointed HamishWilson to provide it with scheme actuary and consultancy services.
US - Absolute return currency manager Hathersage Capital Management has hired former head of currency at Hermes Investment Management Momtchil Pojarliev.
CANADA - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will focus on generating returns in line with its liabilities and simplify the schemes investments as it tries to recover from the financial crisis, its chief executive said.
US - AK Steel will top up the company pension fund with a US$75m payment during the first quarter of 2010.
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund said today it hired Milford Asset Management to manage an active domestic equities mandate.
Strong equity performance spurred a median 20.5% return for pooled balanced funds during 2009, latest BNY Mellon Asset Servicing CAPS figures reveal.
US - Russell Investments has tapped two Barclays Global Investors executives formerly tasked with growing its ETF arm iShares to help Russell build out products related to the exchange traded funds business.
Towers Watson has expanded its investment team with six new hires.
More than 40% of people aged 55 or above intend to opt-out of auto-enrolment after its introduction in 2012, B&CE research shows.