Investment

UK/EUROPE - Investment Manager Selection (IMS) has appointed David Furlong as its sales and client servicing director.

UK/EUROPE - Investment Manager Selection (IMS) has appointed David Furlong as its sales and client servicing director.

GERMANY - Deutsche Börse has traded its first fixed-interest exchange traded fund (ETF).

UK - National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) investment council chairman Alan Rubenstein is standing down and his replacement is expected to be announced at the Association's annual conference in May.

UK/GLOBAL - BlueBay Asset Management has launched a $150m hedge fund this week - its first product after the company was set up last year.

UK/GLOBAL - BlueBay Asset Management has launched a $150m hedge fund this week - its first product after the company was set up last year.

UK - Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's is disputing many analysts' views that FRS17 poses a danger to quoted company values.

UK - An election is to take place for the NAPF's investment council after nine people were nominated for the five available positions.

GERMANY - Corporate schemes are set to be play an increasingly important role in the future of European pension reform, according to Allianz board member Joachim Faber.

UK - Threadneedle is restructuring its business by moving to three principal divisions with divisional directors who will each report to Simon Davies, Threadneedle's chief executive. The appointment of Sarah Arkle, as chief investment officer in October...