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EUROPE - First State Investments has appointed Danny Latham as head of infrastructure investment for Europe.

Trustees and scheme sponsors should draw up an action plan to defuse potential problematic conflicts of interest, a law firm says.

Award-winning fund manager Anthony Bolton will be among the keynote speakers at Morningstar's inaugural investment conference.

AXA is to launch an "accumulator-style" income drawdown product by the end of the year.

RISK benefits including employee life cover and medical insurance could be threatened by age discrimination legislation, Watson Wyatt warns.

Large and medium-sized schemes will be targeted by Equiniti Benefit Solutions, the new name for third-party administrator Lloyds TSB Registrars.

CONTROVERSIAL plans by the European Union to apply solvency requirements to occupational pension schemes have come under renewed attack.

Total returns for property in regeneration areas outperformed Investment Property Databank's All Property Index over the last five years.

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Insight Investment is res-ponding to demands for higher alpha products with the launch of its Dublin-based broad market bonds plus fund.