Regions

EUROPE - Differences in occupational pensions' legal status in EU member states and in the management of the institutions have proved to be the greatest challenges the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) is facing...

EUROPE- Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has heightened its hedge fund focus in Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia by appointing Charles Simeon, formerly of Optimal Investors Services, to its team to sell DB absolute return strategies in these countries....

MALAYSIA - Malaysia's 42 trust fund managers will increase transparency and tighten their procedures after the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) called for the introduction of measures to protect contributors from unnecessary losses when investing their...

EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has boosted its European operations with two new appointments in its target growth markets, France and the Netherlands.

NORDICS - Rune Sanbeck, previously head of institutional business at Danske Capital in Denmark, has joined Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in the London office, Global Pensions can exclusively reveal.

GLOBAL - Fortis Investments increased its assets under management by 6% to e111bn in the first half of 2006, with e7.1bn in net asset inflows attributed to product performance and innovation.

GLOBAL - Russell Fradin will take over as chairman and CEO of Hewitt Associates, with veteran Dale Gifford retiring after 16 years in the role.

GLOBAL - Three quarters of pension funds remain sceptical that consultants who offer multi-manager services can manage their conflict of interest.

EUROPE - Including pension funds under the Solvency II framework would force them to sell off their risky and illiquid assets and could spark an equity market collapse of the magnitude seen in the early 2000s, industry experts have warned.

GLOBAL - The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has threatened to enlist European Commission support if the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not remove the requirement for non-US hedge fund managers to also be registered...