Regions

THE NETHERLANDS - The defined benefit (DB) versus defined contribution (DC) debate continued today at the EFRP/NAPF International Conference in Brussels.

EUROPE: It is desirable for employers to provide pension services across Europe, but the EU's proposed directive for European Pensions has a long way to go before cross-border activities take shape, according to a new survey of some of the biggest European...

GLOBAL - Invesco anticipates a further downturn in yields as the US Federal Reserve cuts rates to stimulate growth and inflation continues to fall.

EUROPE - Global Asset Management (GAM), a division of UBS Asset Management (UBSAM), has strengthened its institutional division with the appointment of Joanna Thompson as a director for Europe.

EUROPE - The UK's National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chairman, Peter Thompson, yesterday reiterated his call to the pensions industry to take a fundamental look at how it defines retirement.

EUROPE - The EU Commission attacked member states yesterday for jeopardising prospects for pan-European pensions by not looking beyond their own borders - stressing that the matter was now urgent.

EUROPE - Nearly double the number of institutional investors in Benelux, France, Germany and Italy felt a reduction in assets under management in 2000, compared to 1999, according to fund manager Invesco's 2001 European Institutional Asset Management...

GLOBAL - Where before there was a chance that the global economy would flirt with recession but ultimately avoid it, a recession now looks inevitable, according to Swiss Life Asset Management UK CEO Tom Mclntosh. The question is, how deep and how long?...

MIDDLE EAST - Property fund managers LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Nick Brooks as national director for the Middle East.

GLOBAL - Private equity research firm Almeida Capital has launched its US fund calendar, highlighting up to 250 investment opportunities in the region, said the firm.