Multi-manager

UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions Limited, part of the Alexander Forbes Group, has announced plans to launch into the investment fund market in the second quarter of 2005.

UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions Limited, part of the Alexander Forbes Group, has announced plans to launch into the investment fund market in the second quarter of 2005.

TURKEY - Emerging markets investment management specialist Charlemagne Capital has launched a fund that aims to tap into the economic and financial potential of Turkey.

POLAND - Morley Fund Management, the UK-based investment arm of Aviva, will launch the first hedge fund managed and invested in Poland in February with the aim of raising e120m.

FRANCE - BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP PAM) and Fauchier Partners have merged their joint venture - BNP Paribas Fauchier Partners (BNP FP)- with Fauchier Partners to create a major fund of hedge funds business.

UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions Limited has been appointed investment manager for the Whitgift Foundation's £4m closed defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions' assets under management have topped £230m after winning mandates from three closed defined benefit schemes.

UK - Multi-manager Investment Solutions has been appointed by ribbon and narrow fabric manufacturer Selectus to manage the company's closed defined benefit pension scheme.

UK/EUROPE - Pension funds and other institutional investors have poured assets into Barclays Global Investors' European Equity Market Neutral Fund.

UK/EUROPE - Pension funds and other institutional investors have poured assets into Barclays Global Investors' European Equity Market Neutral Fund.