Investment

BARCLAYS Global Investors has launched Government bond exchange traded funds - understood to be the first such instrument available to UK investors.

SCHEMES should consider China as a fully-fledged alternative asset class alongside private equity, hedge funds, commodities and property, Martin Currie believes.

Budget checklist - What's in store; Mellon to sell HBV hedge fund arm; Kinetics emerges as major LSE investor; SEC enforcer denies treating Morgan Stanley chief with kid gloves

THE GOVERNMENT has tightened up the rules on alternatively secured pensions in its Pre-Budget Report.

SHAREHOLDER activism leads to superior investment performance, a new study claims.

ABERDEEN Asset Management has posted a rise in pre-tax profits of 70pc in the first full year since it bought Deutsche Asset Management's UK business last year.

MAJEDIE Asset Management has closed its UK equity service to new business in a bid to preserve performance.

THE BANK of New York and Mellon Financial are set to merge - a move that will create the world's largest global securities servicing firm.

US - The fee structure for 401(k) plans must be made more transparent as participants are often left unaware of costs that greatly reduce their total savings, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has claimed.

SCHEMES investing in global infrastructure funds face a dotcom-style bubble, rating agency Standard & Poor's warns.