Europe

EUROPE/UK - Private equity allocations among UK and European investors are still too low, according to research from Standard Life Investments.

EUROPE/UK - Private equity allocations among UK and European investors are still too low, according to research from Standard Life Investments.

UK/GERMANY - An MP has attacked German airline Lufthansa for failing to protect the interests of longstanding British workers who face massive cuts in their pension entitlements.

UK - State Street Global Advisors is among 120 companies that have been presented with the Queen's Award for Enterprise.

UK - Higham Group Insurance Services has appointed Jim Gunn as partner at the firm.

UK - Islington Council is looking for a manager to run an overseas equities mandate worth over a third of its £347m scheme's assets.

UK - Henderson Global Investors has promoted Andrew Fraser as director of global consultants.

UK - The Exchange - an internet-based solutions provider for IFAs - has added a new tool to its "comparative quotation" services.

UK - FRS17 is having the "unintended and dangerous effect" of forcing pension scheme trustees to take a short-term view, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers fears.

UK - Eversheds has been appointed as the legal adviser to the trustees of the British Airways pension schemes.