Global

GLOBAL - Global indices provider MSCI has teamed up with financial information provider Bloomberg.

GLOBAL - Investors can rely on experience and pragmatism when it comes to selecting global equity managers in current markets.

GLOBAL - JPMorgan Treasury Services has opened up its e-enabled Trade Information Exchange (TIE) to institutional investors.

GLOBAL - Goldman Sachs Asset Management has reported a 5% increase in its net third quarter revenues.

KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan has become the first country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, a group of previously Russian-controlled countries, to reach investment grade status.

GLOBAL - Baring Asset Management (BAM) has gone overweight in emerging markets and Pacific Rim equities where it believes risks have reduced.

GLOBAL - State Street Corporation has appointment of Edward Resch to executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).

GLOBAL - Multinationals are tightening their hold on localised pension funds in the wake of deficits.

GLOBAL - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its estimates for world economies in 2003.

GLOBAL - Private equity group 3i remains bullish at the prospects for the asset class despite reports that investment fell by 50% last year.