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Skandia Life Assurance Company is restructuring its £75m ethical portfolio fund to run like a mainstream managed fund, with JP Morgan chosen to run the equity portion.

Global investment house Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has launched the Deutsche Asset Management Life UK Alpha Fund for pension clients.

Robin Hindle Fisher, chief executive officer at UK fund manager Phillips & Drew, is taking a year's leave to study for a masters degree at the London Business School.

The Ontario Pension Board, which runs the C$12bn (US$7.8bn) Public Service Pension Plan, is conducting an asset liability study (ALS) and mandates could be put out to tender in September.

International investment house State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has bagged two mandates totalling £190m from the UK-based BG Pension Scheme, a newly-created defined benefit scheme.

Custodian KAS Associatie has appointed Brown Brothers Harriman's Ben Kajtazi, as part of the first phase of its European expansion plans.

The year 2000 was the worst year for pensions on record, and 2001 could even be worse, according to Ron Ryan, president of US asset manager Ryan Labs.

Mark Nicoll has been appointed as a senior investment consultant by consulting actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock.

An overwhelming majority of company pension fund trustees feel the pressure they are under to be significantly on the increase, according to a new survey.

Global actuaries Watson Wyatt has appointed Javier Fañanás as director of its Barcelona office.