Investment

John Scampion has been reappointed as chairman of The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel for a further four years.

The Bank of England's decision to start quantitative easing on the beleaguered UK economy will have massively adverse effects on pension scheme liabilities, consultants warn.

ING Investment Management is set to restructure its business into a multi-boutique model in a bid to improve performance and better manage risk.

Employees will need to be provided with basic pension scheme information within seven days of starting work from 2012, the government says.

Pension trustees must show they are taking governance more seriously, financial services secretary Lord Myners says.

EUROPE - The first hedge fund exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been launched into the market, by db x-trackers, the ETF arm of Deutsche Bank. The ETF is listed on Deutsche Börse's XTF segment.

The £1.4bn Avon Pension Fund has hired Partners Group and Schroders to manage a property mandate worth approximately £180m.

JPMorgan Asset Management's UK institutional business received more than US$4.2bn (£3.03bn) in new assets last year.

UK - The £1.4bn Avon Pension Fund has hired Partners Group and Schroders to manage a property mandate worth approximately £180m.

US - S&P has released the first in a range of global low carbon indices, designed to meet increasing investor demand for environmentally focussed indices.