Regions

Global Asset Management (GAM) has appointed Clare Dobie, formerly of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), as its new managing director, responsible for marketing.

Countries such as the US are looking towards the UK and Australia for ideas on how best to reform their social security programmes, according Watson Wyatt consultant David Harris.

South African retirement funds' performance has improved dramatically in the three months ending in June 2001, according to ABSA Consultants & Actuaries.

CAPS has reinforced its commitment to the UK and European markets with the appointment of four new recruits to its sales and marketing team.

Equitable Life has assured the UK's National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) that the chances of further crises for policyholders has been greatly diminished by recent reductions in policy values.

London-based thematic fund management arm of Swiss private Bank Sarasin - Sarasin Investment Management (SIM) - is set to launch a new hedge fund.

Russell/Mellon, the joint venture between Frank Russell Company and Mellon Financial Corporation, has enhanced its client services business with the appointments of Allison Langley and Russell Taylor.

Matthew Tee has been appointed to global firm Watson Wyatt as a senior investment consultant.

A man mis-sold a pension by an individual financial advisor (IFA) has won his UK High Court battle to keep a Norwich Union windfall and also to receive compensation from the IFA.

Alternative investing is on the up, according to the latest Invesco survey of European institutional investment trends.