Europe

UK - The Association of British Insurers will hold its first national conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster on April 10.

UK - Life insurers are in for another rough ride this year, fund managers warn.

UK - Rising government debt will lead to lower returns from gilts, Insight Investment Management claims.

UK - Gresham Property Partners - the opportunity fund managed by Schroder Property Investment Management - has spent £10m on two acquisitions.

UK - Investors must accept the investment world has changed and will never be the same, Isis Asset Management claims.

UK - Corporate governance groups have vowed to fight any executive pension awards they feel are excessive, ahead of the coming proxy voting season.

UK - An active equity manager, which will return part of its fee to schemes if it underperforms, is to enter the UK market later this year.

UK - Towers Perrin is urging the pensions industry to back a hidden proposal in the Green Paper that could overhaul rules governing when and how retirement income can be taken.

UK - Pension funds saw their investments drop 14% last year, a preliminary report by the WM Company calculates.

UK - Accounting giant Ernst & Young has asked the High Court to strike out a £2.6bn law suit filed against it by beleaguered insurer Equitable Life.