Europe

UK - Two shareholder meetings are of significance in the week beginning April 15, according to corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services.

UK - Standard Life is set to modernise its regulations to better reflect the size of the pensions provider.

UK - British pension funds have posted a negative 8.9% return for 2001 beating earlier predictions, according to new research from the WM Company.

UK - Clerical Medical Investment Management (CMIM), the asset manager of HBOS, has recruited a new portfolio manager to its European equity team.

UK - Legal changes increasing the jurisdiction of the pension ombudsman could lead to a greater number of member disputes for pension funds.

UK - Pension schemes which use specialist fund managers are being urged to specify in their contracts the actual manager who will run the account.

EUROPE - Fidelity Investments is rolling out its pooled Select Global Fund across Continental Europe this year.

UK - Statutory Instrument 2002/437 (The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 11) Order) has been published, repealing the intended April 6, 2002 start date for the proposed new anti-franking regime.

UK - Software company Aqera has appointed Haydn Lewis as its new sales director.

UK - National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) investment council chairman Alan Rubenstein is standing down and his replacement is expected to be announced at the Association's annual conference in May.