Europe

UK - Fund managers have attacked the government over its shock announcement that it will only give the industry six months to comply with Myners.

UK - Professional Pensions hosted its annual UK pensions awards 2003 this week at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

UK - Schemes must not rely on "flawed" quantitative models to help them make investment decisions, Escher UK Asset Management warned.

EUROPE - Aberdeen Property Investors has teamed up with investment bank Barclays Capital to offer institutional investors a SEK3bn (E300m) Swedish Property Index Certificate (PIC).

UK - Standard Life Investments has appointed Graeme Orr as investment director within its fixed income team.

UK - Beleaguered steel giant Corus will have to increase contributions to its pension schemes, after an estimated £1bn was wiped off their value, analysts predict.

UK - Isis Asset Management is urging Chancellor Gordon Brown to rethink new tax rules for ISA and personal equity plan managers.

UK/EUROPE - State Street Global Advisors has appointed Jill Iacono to senior marketing manager for its London-based cash management team.

UK - Car giant BMW has revealed a £418m deficit in its £3.2bn UK final salary scheme despite moving over half of its assets into bonds two years ago.

UK/EUROPE - State Street Global Advisors has appointed Jill Iacono to senior marketing manager for its London-based cash management team.