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Ireland's finance minister Charles McCreevy has announced plans to amend the pension regime for ministers and other parliament office holders.

Pension fund members of the UK's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) are being urged to vote against a new executive share incentive scheme at Cable & Wireless' AGM on July 20 due to weak performance targets.

Asset management house WestAM has appointed Nigel Jenkins as head of global fixed income and currencies.

Environment lobbyist group Friends of the Earth has given a cautious welcome to the FTSE4Good index which was launched today.

The £850m West Sussex County Council Superannuation Fund has put a £40m alternative fund-of-funds mandate up for tender.

World-wide multi-manager specialists Frank Russell Company has bagged a global balanced mandate from Arnhem-based pension fund Arcadis Nederland.

Standard Life has appointed Iain Lumsden as group chief executive and Sandy Crombie as deputy group chief executive, with effect from March 16, 2002.

The UK government must act immediately to cut the minimum funding requirement dividend yield assumption, according to employee benefits consultancy Gissings.

Eiris has launched a new version of its Ethical Portfolio Manager (EPM) software.

Specialist fund manager Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) has relaunched its website, following last year's merger of SFIM and Singer & Friedlander Investment Funds (SFIF).