Investment

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...

GERMANY - MetallRente, Germany's newest and biggest pension institution, has added workers from the country's textiles, timber and plastics industries, taking the number of potential members past the 4m mark.

GERMANY - Allianz has bagged a mandate from Germany's newest and biggest pension institution, covering around 3.6m employees from the metal and engineering industries.

UK - Bluebay Asset Management has been launched as a specialist manager of European fixed income credit.

Former Gartmore chairman Paul Myners has conceded that a two-tier system is needed for compliance with his review's code of principles.

UK - Twenty UK companies "most at risk" from higher pensions costs have been named by investment bank HSBC.

SOUTH AFRICA - As market volatility continues, investors should be patient and not attempt a short-term switch into cash, advised Justin Taurog of Investment Solutions.

GLOBAL - The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and Euronext have launched the first global real estate index.

GERMANY - German stock exchange Deutsche Börse is to launch its new US segment on September 24, 2001.