Europe

UK - Buck Consultants has revealed the schedule for its 2003 training courses on practical trusteeship.

UK - A "shocked" Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has hit back over accusations that it used misleading figures in a bid to woo pension scheme trustees.

UK - Insight Investment has completed the restructuring of its equity teams following its integration with former Rothschild Asset Management staff.

UK - Pension funds are being urged to consider alternative investments rather than equities when rebalancing their portfolios.

UK - Insight Investment has appointed Clodagh Hazel as institutional marketing manager.

UK/US - Successive governments have stubbornly refused to prioritise the necessary statutory changes to enable a US-style REIT market to develop, despite a progressive increase in the strength of the lobby, writes the Association of Property Unit Trusts....

UK - Goldman Sachs Asset Management has promoted Hywel George and Stuart McPherson to co-chief investment officers of its European equity business.

UK - Pension funds want firms to encourage staff to use web-based annuity calculators but warn them not to rely on the projections too heavily.

UK - Scottish Equitable has appointed Christina Nelson as a senior disability claims manager.

UK - Almeida Associates has appointed Chris Ivey as a manager to help develop its private equity placement and advisory services.