Europe

UK - WestAM, the EUR39bn investment management arm of German bank WestLB - has strengthened its London based global fixed income and currency team with the appointments of Jim Hurlin and Ju Yen Tan.

EUROPE - Invesco Continental Europe is looking to recruit a business manager for its RFP (request for proposal) marketing division in Brussels by the beginning of 2002.

UK - HBOS is to develop a new fund management operation for institutional and retail investors, in a bid to become one of the top investment houses by 2006.

UK - Glasgow-based Britannic Asset Management (BAM) is boosting its pooled client management team with the appointment of Ken Harvie.

UK - Multi-manager SEI Investments has appointed Nigel Down as client service director to its institutional team.

UK - One time Mercury Asset Management (MAM) star Alistair Lennard finally came under the spotlight on Tuesday, criticising Carol Galley's preoccupation with running MAM, as well as drawing attention to Unilever Superannuation Fund (USF) disappointment...

UK - Punter Southall has appointed Joanne Livingstone as its 24th principal, reporting to senior principal Elizabeth Battams.

UK - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers co-chairman Carol Galley admitted in court that if the objectives of achieving performance of +1% or -3% set by Unilever were treated equally, it would be impossible to achieve these benchmarks.

UK - Schroder Pensions has launched a new online pensions service, dc-Link, as part of its existing defined contribution (DC) provisions for the corporate market.

UK - Schroder Pensions has added five new funds to its defined contribution (DC) multi-manager platform - three Baillie Gifford funds and two from Morley Fund Management.