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UK - Watson Wyatt has lost Andre du Plessis, a senior investment consultant involved with research and business development covering UK and Europe for the firm.

THE government has welcomed the findings of a review examining whether financial assistance for people who lost their pensions could be increased.

Including: ASIA - Asia Pacific property for Henderson; GERMANY - Cordea Savills retail fund launch; UK/CHINA - LSE looks east,; UK - UBS appointment

MEMBERS of the Unite union have backed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme by nine-to-one.

MORE than a third of UK pension schemes have difficulty in recruiting trustees, a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting reveals.

US - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has stepped in protect the pensions of more then 900 former employees of two underfunded pension plans.

US - The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF) is soon expected to appoint a non-traditional investment consultant.

BANK of Scotland Corporate has launched a new Pension Share Accelerator facility aimed exclusively at those with self-invested personal pensions.

Including: UK - Pensions Regulator survey results; CANADA - Caisse buys into Legacy Hotels; UK - Islington appoints AEIA; UK - LPFA appoints ING Real Estate

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