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ASINTA, the global consulting network, has appointed two new business partners - Gissings for the UK and Clearpoint for the United States.

Employee benefit consultants William M Mercer supports the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) measures to improve disclosure on director's remuneration and accountability to shareholders.

Failure to increase the size of contracting-out rebates following industry consultation has left the UK pensions industry fearing that insufficient incentive remains for low earners to contract out of the Second State Pension (S2P) into private provision....

Oracle, the California based software maker, is facing a lawsuit filed by a US pension fund accusing the firm of misleading investors about its third quarter earnings which let its chief executive sell his shares at a premium.

The UK Treasury has come under attack from the Faculty of Institute of Actuaries (IoA) which complained of the department's unwillingness to listen and lack of openness.

In an exclusive face-to-face interview one week after publication of the Myners review, the chairman of Gartmore Investment Management Paul Myners rejected criticisms that his review of institutional investment has created more bureaucracy, terming such...

Lombard Odier has appointed West LB's Paul Osborne as senior vice president and head of its UK institutional fixed interest marketing and client servicing team.

Quebec's Caisse de depot et placement pension fund has posted an overall return of 6.2% for 2000, a sharp downturn from last year's 16.5%.

The Independent Stakeholder Company warns that employees may miss out on a bonus of 12.2% when they pay contributions directly into stakeholder pensions from April.

A senior-level reorganisation of the marketing function at Clerical Medical means that David Shelton has been appointed head of strategic marketing, with a two-fold brief.