News

INCLUDING: US - Private firms remain bullish; US - Quant funds shrug off concerns

Wolanski Checkley Fisher has merged with CAMRA Investment Consulting in a bid to widen the range of services it offers clients.

Tube travellers face chaos as staff strike over jobs and pensions; Hargreaves Lansdown booms after flotation; MPs to grill Bank over credit crisis; HSBC succeeds in third attempt to buy into S Korean banking

PENSIONS Policy Institute chairman Tom Ross is to step down after six years in the role.

STAFF at helicopter manufacturer Agusta Westland held a one-day strike yesterday after talks over pension changes failed to reach an agreement.

FRANCE - The €31.8bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has renewed State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) currency mandate.

GLOBAL - The impact of sovereign pension funds (SPFs) on global financial markets has been debated, with pension commentators acknowledging there is a lack of knowledge about the subject.

INCLUDING: UK - Charlemagne marches into institutional space; UK - Credit Suisse appointment; SWITZERLAND - Partners Group opens Tokyo office; UK - Pension confidence crisis; NETHERLANDS - PGGM appoints chairman

CHINA - Fortis Investments has launched a new fund providing access to the Chinese market for institutional investors.

UK / NETHERLANDS - The TNO Pension Fund Foundation has appointed Blackrock to run a €2bn fiduciary mandate.