Regions

International fund manager Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has launched a new asset allocation vehicle for pension fund clients.

Global firm Aon Consulting has appointed David West to its international benefits practice as a senior consultant.

Ahlstrom has selected SEI Investments to manage it's entire $90m US-based defined benefit pension plan.

Kathryn Matthews has quit as head of global institutional business at AXA Investment managers.

Ennis Knupp Associates has been appointed as retainer consultant to the $56bn Ohio Public Employees' Retirement System (OPERS).

The £2bn City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Pension Fund has dropped Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) from its £150m European equities brief and has given it to BlackRock.

Ian Bell has been appointed head of third party pensions administration at global consultants Aon Consulting, based in the Birmingham office.

ING/Principal, the joint venture between Dutch insurance and banking group, ING and US-based Principal Financial Group have introduced a range of services related to defined contribution pensions into the Japanese market.

State Street Global Advisors has appointed Margherita Martelli to the Italian institutional sales team in London.

The Irish National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has appointed Frank Russell and Watson Wyatt to advise the EUR6.5bn (£3.9bn) National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF).