Europe

UK - The British Association of Venture Capitalists (BVCA) has set up a working party to examine issues surrounding valuation guidelines, fuelling the debate on greater disclosure and reporting standardisation in the private equity industry. The group...

UK - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today confirmed that it has reviewed and assessed the compromise scheme proposals being put to Equitable Life's with-profits policyholders to ensure that the interests of all policyholders have been properly...

UK - Invesco Pensions has bagged a three-part mandate from Twyford Bathrooms.

UK - Performance measurement firm WM Company has unveiled a new service aimed at pension funds.

UK - Roughly 60% of UK pension schemes had additional voluntary contributions (AVC) vehicles with the embattled Equitable Life, a National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) survey has revealed.

UK - Some of the UK's top fund managers are bracing themselves in the wake of the landmark Merrill Lynch/Unilever case amid speculation that the settlement could herald a raft of similar claims and changes in the industry.

UK - Standard & Poor's (S&P's) index services division has proposed an extension of the current S&P/ASX index methodology to free float.

UK - William M. Mercer has appointed Kathryn Matthews as a senior consultant and European partner.

UK - One egm is worthy of note in the week starting December 17, according to corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services.

UK - Gartmore has strengthened its UK institutional team with the appointment of Jim Tennant as senior accountant, with responsibility for managing key accounts within the firm.