Regions

The $3.8bn Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System, Lansing, has confirmed its foray into small cap growth investing and hopes to appoint an investment manager for this brief in October.

Jersey has issued a consultation document on annuities which invites responses before October 31, 2001.

The UK government has proposed measures to speed up and introduce greater accountability into the winding up of occupational pension schemes.

Wales' Powys County Council Pension Fund is on the verge of reviewing its investment managers.

The Institute of Financial Services (IFS) in the UK has introduced prometric electronic testing for the Certificate of Financial Advisors (CeFA) papers one and two.

Daniel Lass, formerly Pareto Partners' managing director and head of Europe and Middle East Marketing has become Pareto Partners' head of global marketing, based in New York.

Danish pension fund Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) may tender equities mandates worth up to $1bn following dissatisfaction with current managers.

Mutual funds have become more attractive following new German pension reforms, according to the Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Ageing.

Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has strengthened its global fixed income capabilities, with the relocation of some key fixed income professionals.

Swedish investment house Skandia has launched a new multi-manager UK equity fund.