Europe

EUROPE - Europe's major companies are facing a spreading pensions blackhole, research shows.

UK - Eoin Brophy has joined Gartmore as corporate communications manager.

UK - Actuaries are considering whether discontinuance valuations should be part of the profession's guidance notes.

UK/EUROPE - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has hired Caroline Brown to head its European credit research team.

UK/EUROPE - Schemes should avoid European stocks while economic growth remains uncertain, Barclays Global Investors claims.

EUROPE - Schroders predicts European stocks are set to rise with markets boosted by interest rate cuts.

EUROPE - Following its acquisition of Royal & SunAlliance, Friends Ivory & Sime has announced the appointment of the institutional team which will report directly to Robert Matthews, recently appointed director, head of institutional business.

UK - Local authority pensions costs will soar if firefighters win their battle for a 40% pay rise, Hymans Robertson warns.

UK/EUROPE - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has hired Caroline Brown to head its European credit research team.

UK - IPN's sister publication, Professional Pensions, will tonight host its Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.