Europe

UK - Nordic Financial Systems (NFS) has appointed Jeroen van Gelderen as a senior business manager serving its European customer base.

EUROPE - Pension systems across Europe have been labelled "irrational" by the chair of the European Federation of Retirement Provision.

UK - The government must put another £2.6bn into its Financial Assistance Scheme to compensate workers who have lost pension savings, Ros Altmann claims.

UK - Raising the retirement age could wrap employers up in costly red tape when it comes to hiring and firing older workers, UK business information and advice provider Croner has warned.

UK - Retained firefighters will be allowed to join the Fire-fighters' Pension Scheme for the first time under new government proposals.

UK - Actuarial and benefits consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock LLP has been chosen by International Flavours & Fragrances (IFF) to provide investment consulting services to the trustees of the company's two closed defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in...

UK - Platinum Capital Management has launched a hedge fund investing in long/short government securities.

EUROPE - Regulation is the biggest issue facing European pension systems as they prepare to implement the EU directive in 2005, European Federation of Retirement Provision chair Alan Pickering (pictured) told the Irish Association of Pension Funds conference...

UK - Investec Asset Management have appointed Harsha Patel (pictured) as a credit portfolio manager to its fixed income team in London.

UK - Tackling pensioner poverty is one of the government's top priorities, work and pensions secretary Alan Johnson claims.