Europe

FINLAND - Evli Bank has launched Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess SM global equity services for its clients.

UK - Long-term investors should consider increasing their equity exposure rather than withdrawing, according to Richard Urwin, head of strategic research at Gartmore.

UK - Aon Consulting has appointed Tommy Garvey as a senior investment consultant in its investment practice.

BELGIUM - Brussels-based pension fund for doctors, dentists and pharmacists, VKG-CPM has dumped Invesco Asia and Jennison Associates Capital following the introduction of new pension platform Amonis.

UK - The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) said the government seems to have ignored many of its suggestions on the Myners' report which it put forward on behalf of its members.

EUROPE - Kleinwort Development Fund (KDF), an investment trust, and Dresdner Kleinwort Capital (DrKC), the private equity business of Dresdner Bank, have announced a new joint venture company, Kleinwort Capital.

UK - Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has promoted Raj Shant to head of Continental European equities, based in London.

EUROPE - Hewitt Associates has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Wassum Investment Consulting, the Scandinavian investment advisor.

UK - Large employers are already viewing stakeholder pensions in a positive light, according to the most recent survey by pensions experts Punter Southall.

EUROPE - Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management (CLAM), a subsidiary of Crédit Lyonnais Group, have formed an alliance under which CLAM will distribute exchange traded funds (ETF) in Europe.