Europe

UK - Unions have hit out at institutional investors which failed to vote against increases to the Corus executive bonus scheme at the firm's annual general meeting.

UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers is holding a pensions breakfast seminar on May 14.

UK - Members of the Association for Institutional Multi-Manager Investing have seen assets under management soar by £600m since the beginning of 2002.

UK - The government is becoming "increasingly out of touch" with people over pensions, a survey commissioned by Help the Aged shows.

EUROPE - Schroder Property has introduced a new equities management capability in a bid to capture what it sees as increasing demand from investors for European exposure.

UK - The £1bn P&O Pension Scheme has appointed Muzinich to manage a £50m global high yield bond portfolio.

UK - Royal London Private Equity has completed the initial closing on its first limited partnership fund with a value of over £64m.

UK - Investec Asset Management has further strengthened its UK institutional business development team with the appointment of Craig Hurt.

UK/EU - Watson Wyatt has launched the 2003 editions of its employee benefits and employment terms documents.

UK - Tax simplification will come at a cost to schemes and administrators, Gissings Advisory Services warns.