Europe

UK/EUROPE - Financial Services Authority (FSA) chairman Howard Davies has warned that the proposed EU prospectus directive could see the end of existing regulatory safeguards including the UK shares listing rule.

UK/EUROPE - Financial Services Authority (FSA) chairman Howard Davies has warned that the proposed EU prospectus directive could see the end of existing regulatory safeguards including the UK shares listing rule.

UK - Online solutions provider Aqera has chosen PlanView to provide it with resource management and service software.

UK/EUROPE - Firms could face a flood of claims for the reinstatement of pensions benefits following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice, lawyers warn.

UK - The Co-operative Insurance Society plans to enter the institutional fund management business with SRI as its flagship product.

UK/EUROPE - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Jan C de Bruijn to its Asia and emerging markets unit.

UK - Pension software specialists Profund Systems and Dunstan Thomas have teamed up to provide software solutions for Profund's oPen pension admin solution.

UK - The NAPF is advising pension funds to abstain from re-electing two non-executive directors at advertising giant WPP in protest at their "non-independence".

UK - Trade union calls to make employer contributions to pension schemes compulsory is getting overwhelming public support, a new poll shows.

UK - EIM UK has expanded its research team with the appointment of Angela Tsai as a UK hedge fund analyst in its London office.