F&C

UK - F&C Investments has merged a number of its key investment teams to form a new investment solutions division and announced three hires to boost its fiduciary offering.

F&C Investments has merged a number of its key investment teams to form a new investment solutions division and announced three hires to boost its fiduciary offering.

Pension funds are taking an increasingly tactical approach to liability driven investment hedging, F&C says.

F&C Investments has launched a fund which aims to provide investors with a combination of capital growth and income from European equities.

MSRPS; Aon Hewitt; BlackRock; Principal Global Investors; Lombard Odier Investment Managers; ConvergEx Group; F&C; Cordea Savills; Inalytics

F&C Investments has hired Alice Evans as a senior fund manager in its global thematic equities team.

EUROPE - EU proposals that over-the-counter derivatives go through a central clearing counterparty could significantly increase costs for schemes.

The hunt for scale and lower costs through mergers and acquisitions is set to be an industry-changing trend over the next five years, State Street says.

GLOBAL - J.P Morgan, MLC, F&C Investments, FinAnalytica, GSAM and AP3.

This month the panellists discuss the pace of recovery in UK real estate, and the reasons behind a possible stalling in the market