United Kingdom

UK - Investorforce, the internet-based investment manager search platform, has pulled out of Europe to focus on the US market, according to Peter Flynn, general manager of Investorforce Europe.

UK - Stakeholder pensions will not reach an original target audience if the government fails to readdress its stance on compulsion, according to Terry Bennett, chief executive of PIFC Consulting.

UK - Despite market setbacks, it has not been all negative for investors in UK index tracking funds, according to the latest report from ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).

UK - Asset manager F&C Management has poached Schroder Salomon Smith Barney's (SSSB) HR head Peter Cole and appointed him to the executive board.

UK - Rothschild Asset Management (RAM) has been appointed by the £32m UCW Pensions 2001 scheme.

UK - Baring Asset Management (BAM) has produced an investment management guide designed to explain for trustees the meaning of investment terminology and to clarify recent investment issues.

UK - The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed Rosemary Radcliffe as independent complaints commissioner.

UK - Institutional investors will now be able to track listed exchanges and other trading venues, thanks to a new index from FTSE and Mondo Visione, publisher of the ‘Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges'.

UK - Morley Fund Management has added to its corporate research team with the appointments of Christian Kirk-Thomsen and Ole Hiu Tung Hui as investment analysts.

UK - Eric Anstee, director and chief executive, financial services of Old Mutual, has left the firm by mutual agreement.