Europe

UK - Pointon York SIPP Solutions has been appointed provider and administrator of MW Pensions' self-invested personal pension product.

UK - ABN AMRO has appointed senior analyst Alison Miller (pictured) to its credit strategy research team.

EUROPE - AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (AXA REIM) has purchased one of Budapest's best-known class A buildings as part of a client-driven move to expand its services into central Europe.

UK - Liability-driven mandates could become part of mainstream investment within a year, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers claims.

UK - Rising ill-health early retirement costs are prompting more firms to insist on medicals before staff can join pension schemes, BUPA claims.

UK - Canada Life is extending its annuity roadshows run to the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

UK - Bosses at UK companies are enjoying pension schemes worth up to 50 times those of other workers, according to a TUC PensionsWatch report released today.

UK - Internet services supplier, the Exchange, is offering intermediaries the option to access its Exweb portal using a Unipass digital certificate.

UK - Watson Wyatt has released its autumn calendar of trustee training seminars to be held at venues across the UK.

UK - Scottish Widows is hosting a series of pension simplification roadshows this month and October.