Europe

EUROPE - Barclays Global Investors has issued several European fixed income exchange traded funds on the iBoxx indices as part of its iShares range.

UK - The £160m British Waterways (1990) Pension Fund has appointed Frank Russell Company to manage half of its assets.

UK - State Street Global Advisors has been awarded a £850m multi-asset passive mandate from Royal Liver, the life assurance company.

UK/EUROPE/US - Fund managers fear that moves to increase transparency within private equity will significantly lower returns.

UK - Neptune Investment Management has appointed Graham Nicklin as regional sales director for the Midlands and West region.

UK/EUROPE/US - Fund managers fear that moves to increase transparency within private equity will significantly lower returns.

UK - Diageo group pensions and benefits director Steve Mingle is to quit his job in January.

NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM - Multi-manager firm Frank Russell has bagged a E175m equity/bond mandate from the pension fund for Dutch textiles company, Gamma Holding.

ITALY - Italian mutual funds assets are forecast to grow to E190bn by 2006.

UK - The MSCI Hedge Fund Index increased 0.07% in value over October, bringing its year to date performance to 1.27%.