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The Cambridgeshire County Council Pension Fund has shortlisted six companies for an additional voluntary contribution (AVC) provider to run alongside Equitable Life.

Fixed income funds managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have suffered a two-notch drop in their ratings - from AAA to A - by Standard & Poor's.

The EUR3.5bn Belgacom pension fund is conducting a new asset-liability study with the results expected by the end of June.

Interpens can exclusively reveal that the CHF20bn Swiss social security fund (AHV) has awarded two new global equity mandates.

Zurich Scudder Investments has appointed Nick Adams as defined contribution product manager for its new defined contribution service.

Entegria has launched a training course for UK pension fund trustees looking to become prudent experts, as envisioned in the Myners report.

Indocam, the asset management arm of the Credit Agricole Group, is to buy Paris-based Alternative Investment Products and its Chicago-based sister company Alternative Investment Managers for an undisclosed sum.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs in Ireland, Dermot Ahern, has unveiled details of the Personal Retirement Savings Accounts framework, which will form a significant component of the forthcoming Pensions Bill.

Total assets in the Australian pension industry have inched closer to the magic half-a-trillion mark, growing by 12.9% in the year to December 2000 to reach A$495.3bn.

Royal London Asset Management has appointed Sajiv Vaid, Paul Doran and Peter Allwright as bond fund managers of its fixed income team. The three will report to Jonathan Platt, head of fixed income.