Global

GLOBAL - Henderson Global Investors has launched a Global Fixed Income Absolute Return fund aimed at private banks, institutions and high net worth investors.

GLOBAL - Global private equity funds more than halved in the past 12 months, figures from AltAssets show.

GLOBAL - Independent global index provider, the FTSE Group, is to launch a global small-cap index to compliment its existing large and mid-cap products.

GLOBAL - Emerging markets bond funds registered record inflows in April, while equity funds continued to bleed assets.

GLOBAL - Fund managers have been warned to be wary of British insurance stock because of the financial impact of ongoing asbestos claims.

GLOBAL - Managed futures funds registered the worst results in March after posting stellar returns since the start of the year, according to the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index.

GLOBAL - The State of Wisconsin Investment Board will use Institutional Shareholder Services' Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) product in its investment research and portfolio management.

GLOBAL - Multinational giant British American Tobacco and engineering group Mayflower face pension fund protests over the "unacceptable" use of shareholder funds to finance political donations.

GLOBAL - Schemes are being urged to take an overweight position in commodities until the end of the war in Iraq.

GLOBAL - After Australia beat England at soccer, cricket, tennis and rugby, morale in England has not been helped by claims that the UK pension system is 12 years behind Australia in terms of its development and sophistication.