Investment

EUROPE - AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has obtained an exclusive licence to launch exchange traded funds on European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) indices.

EUROPE - Axa Investment Managers is launching an Exchange Traded Fund based on the European Public Real Estate Association's indices.

A handful of MPs want their own final salary scheme to be scrapped because it is "too generous".

UK - Scheme managers are urging companies to choose unbundled packages when they set up defined contribution plans - even though costs may be higher.

UK - The progression of the UK defined contribution market has been so rapid that there are virtually no lessons to be learned from the United States experience, a leading consultant claims.

SWITZERLAND - Exclusive: Geneva-based Fonds de Compensation de l'Assurance-Veillesse et Survivants (AVS), the state social security fund, has become the latest scheme to tap into the inflation-linked bond market.

UK - Fund managers are being urged to revamp their member-communications packages to make them more flexible and relevant to individual DC schemes.

UK/GERMANY- iShares, the exchange traded funds range managed by Barclays Global Investors, has unveiled the first ETF benchmarked to the S&P500 Index, available in Germany.

UK/GERMANY- iShares, the exchange traded funds range managed by Barclays Global Investors, has unveiled the first ETF benchmarked to the S&P500 Index, available in Germany.

EUROPE - UBS Global Asset Management has launched a new Euro corporates bond fund as investors continue to seek shelter from volatile equities.