Investment

Ratcliff Palfinger has appointed Alexander Forbes Financial Services to set up a group personal pension scheme for its 170 staff.

Crédit Agricole and Société Générale have signed a preliminary agreement to combine their asset management operations.

The £2.2bn Avon Pension Fund has awarded a £90m property mandate to Schroders as part of a wider allocation to UK and European property.

Latest guidance to lawyers and insolvency practitioners involved in "pre-packaged sales" of businesses will make the process more transparent for trustees, a lawyer says.

UK - The £2.2bn Avon Pension Fund has awarded a £90m property mandate to Schroders as part of a wider allocation to UK and European property.

Aberdeen Asset Management suffered £7.6bn in redemptions during the final quarter of 2008, as investors stripped nearly £5.4bn from its fixed income range.

Scottish Life has introduced a range of governed investments for the group pensions market.

In early 1999, the first issue of Global Pensions was published. A panel of industry experts chart the significant changes that have occurred since that time and look ahead to what the next decade will bring

National Association of Pension Funds chairman Chris Hitchen has called on pension funds to resurrect their stock lending programmes.

General Motors Asset Management is set to expand its fiduciary management service in the UK.