MANUFACTURER Amphenol has appointed Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions as its employee benefits advisers and pension scheme administrators.

UK - Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) has added to its global quantitative management business with the appointments of Morgan Stanley's Jason Toussaint and State Street's Joseph Molloy.

United Biscuits deal sparks pension fears; City demands Borse merger inquiry; Don't leave us to rot in poverty, say angry pensioners; S&P warns on leveraged loans' risks to banks

Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner has completed its deal with The Pensions Regulator allowing it to sever all responsibility for its £1.2bn UK pension fund.

NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS has bought Edis Partnerships in a bid to boost its human resources division.

SOUTH AFRICA - Specific reforms of South African pension fund legislation are to be implemented "without further delay," the National Treasury of South Africa announced.

DENMARK - The DKK416bn (€55.8bn) ATP achieved profits of DKK7.3bn (€980m) in a strong third quarter, bringing its year to date profits to DKK11.8bn.

ITALY - Economic development minister Pierluigi Bersani has claimed that his call for the government to act prior to the launch of the pension reforms in January 2007 were misconstrued by labour minister Cesare Damiano.

US - T. Rowe Price Group assets under management (AuM) increased to a record US$308.1bn in the third quarter of 2006, an increase of $14.4bn from the previous quarter.

ASSET MANAGERS are failing to scrutinise the discretionary use of alternative assets for pension schemes, latest research from Standard & Poor's finds.