Europe

DENMARK - First State Investments has been appointed to manage a new pan-European small cap portfolio for KP Invest, part of the large SAMPension, an administration company for five Danish pension funds - including Kummunernes Pensionsforsikring (KP)...

UK - The minimum funding requirement has influenced investment strategies but it is difficult to gauge the impact, delegates were told at MSM Conferences' Investment Directions seminar.

UK - Company directors are still ignorant about FRS 17 and its implications, according to a survey by asset management firm SEI.

EUROPE - Multi-manager CCF-SEI has appointed Jean-Louis Azoulay as chief strategist.

UK - Pensions schemes are facing a raft of new legislation to make Myners' proposals stick.

UK - The £7bn BBC Pension Scheme has appointed Rhoslyn Roberts as head of pensions.

EUROPE - JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management has launched its enhanced index strategies covering European benchmarks.

NORWAY - The possible merger of Norway's State pension fund with the country's largest life pensions company could result in the tendering of billions of kroner.

UK - Baker & McKenzie solicitors has appointed Chantal Thompson as a new partner in its pensions department.

UK - William M Mercer has given its broad support to the Myners' review and revised code of investment principles.