Regions

Global consultants Bacon & Woodrow (B&W) has boosted its investment consulting practice with three new appointments.

Yves Van Langenhove has been appointed chief investment officer at the Brussels based fund manager, INVESCO Benelux.

CCF-SEI Investments, the joint fund management venture between HSBC, CCF AMG and SEI Investments, has strengthened its Paris office with two new appointments.

UK's Pendragon pension fund has appointed Clerical Medical to run its stakeholder scheme and as its additional voluntary contributions (AVC) provider to run alongside Equitable Life.

Gissings has appointed Prudential's Alan Smith as divisional director, responsible for one of the consultants multi-disciplined teams.

The Florida State Board of Administration (FSBA) has selected nine active managers to run a total of seven small and large cap mandates for its new Public Employee Optional Retirement Program (PEORP), subject to approval from the fund's trustees.

Mellon Global Alternative Investments, the hedge fund subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation, is set to launch a hedge fund of funds product.

Clerical Medical has been appointed as stakeholder and additional voluntary contribution (AVC) provider by the UK based Northumbrian Water Group's £430m Lyonnaise Pension Scheme.

The £130m Norwest Holst pension fund in the UK has ditched Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) and appointed Legal & General and GMO Woolley in its place.

Royal London Asset Management aims to bolster its pension funds under management by a further £8bn inside four years.