THE ASSOCIATION of British Insurers director of life and pensions Chris Kenny has left his post to pursue new challenges.

The Pensions Management Institute and the UK Society of Investment Professionals will be holding their fourth annual investment conference in London later this month.

GLOBAL - ING Group is to sell its fiduciary and advisory business unit ING Trust to Foreman Capital as part of its strategy to concentrate on its core asset management, insurance and banking businesses.

EUROPEAN investor confidence rose in December after a big slump in November, latest research reveals.

UK EQUITIES should continue to make perform well during 2007 although at a "more modest pace" than 2006, asset managers say.

FUND managers and pension schemes are losing out on valuable fixed income services because bond traders are focusing their resources on hedge funds, a new report claims.

Scheme deficits at FTSE100 companies have been slashed over the past 12 months.

IRELAND - Group pension managed funds returned 13% during an "excellent" 2006 that was capped off by a strong rally in December, Rubicon Investment Consulting has found.

THE PENSIONS Regulator has cleared printer Polestar to sever ties with its pension scheme in return for a payment of £45m.

THE STRONG performance of the equity markets during 2006 hit returns at hedge funds specialising in short selling.