Europe

FINLAND - Three of Europe's largest pension funds have invested equal capital in a new and customised property fund launched by Aberdeen Property Investors.

FINLAND - Three of Europe's largest pension funds have invested equal capital in a new and customised property fund launched by Aberdeen Property Investors.

UK - Companies with good quality pension schemes might soon be able to advertise this benefit to potential employees, should an NAPF proposal be accepted.

UK - Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive John Tiner has announced plans to step down in July, having held the position since 2003.

UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) CEO Chris Phillips is to take up the same role at Morley Fund Management in the summer.

UK - The Pensions Regulator has for the first time used its muscle to ban a chairman from acting as a trustee of any pension scheme.

EUROPE - Boudewijn van Loen has joined Perennial Real Estate Investments (PREI) as senior portfolio manager, Europe.

UK - Bedfordshire County Council Pension Fund has appointed JP Morgan Asset Management to manage a £20m currency mandate.

BELGIUM - Pension funds have reacted with scepticism to a suggestion by the Belgian Association of Pension Institutions (ABIP) chairman that they invest in the multi-billion euro transportation works in Antwerp, citing a hesitance to be tied down long...

MALTA - The hotly-debated pensions reform has been allowed to fall from public view and the growing silence is breeding uncertainty among the people, said Green Party chairman Harry Vassallo.