Regions

Royal London has been selected by JJB Sports as the sports retailer's new stakeholder pension provider.

Asset managers will be able to give US based pension funds and their members investment advice, if a Bill introduced by Congressman John Boehner is passed.

IMRO has fined Gartmore £50,000 for incorrectly pricing 21 institutional and retail unit trusts.

Nearly two thirds of UK finance directors support proposals put forward in the Myners report, according to fund managers Barclays Global Investors.

The EUR400m (£242m) Origin pension fund in the Netherlands has awarded four specialist mandates to State Street Global Advisors, Lombard Odier, Capital International and Frank Russell Company.

Edinburgh-based fund manager Martin Currie has strengthened its risk management capabilities with the appointment of Dan Gardner as portfolio risk manager.

Threadneedle Pensions, part of Swiss fund manager Zurich Scudder Investments, has launched a new website for DC pension scheme members.

Keith Shepherd, the City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Pension Fund's head of investments and treasury, is leaving the fund.

The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, the Hong Kong Trustees Association have joined forces to form the Retirement Schemes Industry Group (RSIG).

European investment in private equity hit an all-time high of £30bn last year - a rise of 89pc on 1999 - with pension funds leading the way. According to the study for European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) by PricewaterhouseCoopers,...