Europe

UK - Shore Capital, the specialist investment bank has appointed Simon Fine - former managing director and co-head of pan European equity cash trading at Lehman Brothers - as managing director of equity capital markets.

UK - UBS Global Asset Management has hired Bernard Hunter as its new global head of credit research, effective January 2003.

UK - SCOTTISH Equitable pensions development director Stewart Ritchie received an OBE on Tuesday for services to pensions.

UK - Sea-Land Service Pension Plan members are embroiled in a new row with shipping giant Maersk over the costs of winning up the £6.4m scheme.

UK - The UK Society of Investment Professionals is holding an investment summit at London's Barbican Centre on November 12-13.

UK - The Association of British Insurers has called on the government to fund pensions advice for employees.

UK - Carole Judd is to join Watson Wyatt as a senior investment consultant this month.

UK - Hazell Carr directors Graham Hazell and David Carr were the highest paid individuals in the pensions industry, The Sunday Times Pay List 2002 shows.

UK - Occupational pension schemes have emerged unscathed from an error at the Inland Revenue which overpaid rebates to savers who opted out of Serps.

UK - Citisoft - the specialist investment management consultancy - has appointed Geoff Fensome as a senior business consultant.