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RAILPEN INVESTMENTS has published a governance policy for its Hong Kong investments.

MERCER has appointed Brian Henderson as a principal and senior investment consultant in its Edinburgh office.

NAPF and CBU call on The Pensions Regulator to scrap mortality assumption proposals; Brussels boosts pension regime plans; Prudential eyes Equitable Life with-profits fund; Pension information packs fail to meet regulator requirements

CAPITAL CRANFIELD has hired Robert Matthews and Edward Dowler in a bid to expand its business.

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and industry have raised concern about the use of new mortality assumptions for defined benefit (DB) schemes, with the NAPF claiming the move is "one step too far".

Proposals to include mortality assumptions as a new trigger for funding plans are "one step too far", The National Association of Pension Funds says

FRED.OLSEN has appointed Gissings to provide advisory, actuarial and administration services to its £27m pension fund.

AON CONSULTING has promoted Shahbaz Hamid to the newly-created position of commercial relationship director for Scotland.

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has appointed three non-executive directors.

UK - The modest losses announced by Henderson Group and New Star in the first months of 2008 were not attributed to institutional investors, the asset managers have claimed.