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Royal & Sun Alliance Investments has appointed David Berry as fund manager and Rupert Trotter as analyst.

Friends Ivory & Sime (FIS) has appointed Peter Kaye as its new director, head of US equities.

Union leaders are outraged that MPs have bolstered their own pension scheme while failing to improve benefits for other public sector workers.

More than 1000 bankrupts could lose their annuities and personal pensions to creditors.

Former Transnet MD and Safika Holdings shareholder, Saki Macozoma is set to become chief executive of SA's New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) with effect from August 1, 2001.

Abbey National has been appointed to provide a stakeholder pension scheme to bookstore retailer Ottakar's.

Beleaguered telecoms giant Marconi is considering introducing a defined contribution scheme in a bid to reduce the company's exposure to risk.

Global financial group Schroders has been awarded the final license to establish a local investment subsidiary in Korea, only six months after receiving the preliminary go-ahead.

European insurers Winterthur Life - a business unit of financial services giant Credit Suisse Group (CSG) - has launched two new websites.

Medium-term prospects for Europe's private equity markets have never been brighter, according to a report by independent network AltAssets.