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GLOBAL - Brown Brothers Harriman has been hired as custodian for Janus International's Janus World Funds, Janus Selection Funds and Janus PPF (Cayman).

GLOBAL - A handful of surveys of investor confidence published recently draw a generally similar conclusion - things are not getting any better any faster.

US/GLOBAL - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has announced the election of chairs and vice chairs for its board of administration committees.

GLOBAL - Rebecca Ledlie has joined Gartmore as head of product for its global institutional division.

GLOBAL - Two US pension funds have deployed ‘war tactics' in a bid to force American firm Halliburton to disclose its links with Iran.

EMERGING EUROPE - Growth investors should look at the Central European pharmaceuticals sector, says Baring Asset Management. According to BAM, Central European pharmaceutical companies are either supplying specialist products or breaking into the generics...

GLOBAL - Debt based strategies led first quarter hedge fund performance reflecting narrower credit spreads, new data from Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research shows.

GLOBAL: Optima Fund Management has unveiled a new offering for institutional investors targeting absolute returns strategies.

Fidelity/Euroclear team up for same-day order-processing

Fidelity/Euroclear team up for same-day order-processing