Europe

BELGIUM - Brussels-based VKG-CPM (Voorsorgskas voor generheren, tandartsen, & apothekers) - the pension fund for doctors, dentists and pharmacists - is to set up a supplementary pension in the healthcare sector under a new platform, Amonis.

UK - Morgan Stanley Investment Management's (MSIM) Global Core Equity has celebrated its first anniversary with a solid average annual outperformance since inception of 4% after fees.

UK - F&C Management has appointed Robin Woodall as head of UK equities, with immediate effect. Before taking on this role, Woodall was deputy head of the UK team. He joined F&C through the acquisition of ESN Pensions Management in 1996.

UK - The National Health Service (NHS) has appointed Standard Life as a designated stakeholder provider and Group AVC provider for Scotland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales.

UK - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today gave a status report on investigations into whether anyone - either the terrorist organisations themselves or others who may have had knowledge of what was planned - profited from the atrocities in the...

UK - Russell has appointed Jamie Downing as UK sales manager of its institutional investment services team.

UK - Peter Baynham has been appointed senior investment consultant and European partner based in London with William M Mercer.

EUROPE - European pension funds are calling for a temporary relaxation of solvency rules governing occupational pension schemes, in the wake of market chaos caused by the tragic events in New York.

UK - Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) is taking its range of defined contribution pensions to the wider corporate market.

UK - Schroders the London-based international asset management group, has launched the Schroder Private Equity Fund of Funds.