Global

More scandals should emerge from the mis-selling of new technology stocks two years ago by investment banks, predicts a new publication.

BenefitPoint, the employee benefits specialist in the US, has acquired the online enrolment and benefits communications company, whereiwork, from insurance firm Marsh USA.

Baillie Gifford has appointed Robert O'Riordan as investment trust liaison and development manager.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management's two US institutional fund families, MAS Funds and the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund will now be known as the Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds.

Global financial service group State Street Corporation has appointed Nigel Thomas as the European Straight Through Processing (STP) programme manager for its investor services division. Thomas will be based in London and reports to Simon Pilkington,...

Strengthening its position as the world's largest association of investment professionals, the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) has zoomed past the 50,000-member milestone.

SEI Investments, the multi-manager of international assets in South Africa, has appointed Itumeleng Pooe as client services director.

Bank of Bermuda has appointed Philip Butterfield to the position of chief operating officer, effective August 1, 2001.

The US House of Representatives has approved the Chicago-based Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB) H.R. 1140 reform legislation.

The Irish Pensions Bill may be hampered by the success of Special Savings Incentive Accounts(SSIA) and a lack of public pension awareness, according to global consultancy Watson Wyatt.