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Hotel group Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin has seen employee benefit uptake increase 60% since online information videos were launched in English and Polish.

NUFFIELD HEALTH has appointed Mercer as its corporate adviser on pension liabilities.

GLOBAL - Barclays Global Investors profit before tax decreased 19% in 2008, to £595m (US$888m) from £734m posted in 2007.

GLOBAL - BNY Mellon Asset Management has launched two investment boutiques - one focused on the management of domestic Australian equities, the other on emerging markets equities and global fixed income.

UK - Bulk annuity business nearly tripled to £8.2bn (US$12.3bn) in 2008, latest research from Aon Consulting reveals.

BNY Mellon Asset Management has launched two investment boutiques - one focused on the management of domestic Australian equities, the other on emerging markets equities and global fixed income.

US - New York retirement funds lost 14% of their value during the fourth quarter of 2008, according to figures released by the state.

Pension buy-outs slip back volumes; Tesco workers check out £126m richer from sharesave; ITN could be up for sale as search widens for investors; Darling promises help for elderly savers

Chuo Mitsui Trust International, the global arm of Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking, has launched a London office in a move to expand its investment management business outside Japan.

GLOBAL - No economic model or financial forecast will accurately predict what happens in the next six to 12 months - except by pure chance, European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) economic commentator Anatole Kalesky has claimed.