Europe

UK/US - Baring Asset Management has appointed Pamela Hegarty to its US equity team as head of the technology sector and investment manager, while Sophie Petit joins as credit analyst in the UK fixed income and currency team.

UK - The pensions industry needs a single, standard basis for calculating debt, according to Hazell Carr Pensions Consulting.

UK - The NAPF is setting up a special forum for its money purchase scheme members after admitting they had been neglected in the past.

UK - The greatest deterrent to growth in personal pensions take-up is the complexity of the tax regime, according to Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow.

UK - Ronny Munster has been appointed chief operations officer at JPMorgan FundsHub.

UK - Schemes investing in HSBC are being urged to vote against its executive remuneration report at its annual meeting.

UK - FRS17 is dividing the actuarial profession, senior industry figures claim.

EUROPE - SEI Investment has appointed Marco Zanuso as director of business development, Southern Europe.

EUROPE - Dutch firm Robeco is expecting to lure more European pension funds, as well as private banks, following a positive performance from its Robeco Absolute Return hedge fund of funds (RAR).

UK/EU - New EU legislation will give defined benefit members the right to know what they would get if their scheme wound-up, Mercer claims.