Global

GLOBAL - Emerging markets are set to deliver the highest returns during the next 11 months, with alternatives losing favour, according to a survey by William M Mercer Investment Consulting.

GLOBAL - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) analyst Noel Mills has warned that the legacy of Enron's collapse could put a halt on prospects of the world economy recovering quickly.

GLOBAL - Standard and Poor's Fund Services has launched the FEFSI European Dashboard - a funds industry data website for European consumers and investment professionals.

GLOBAL - Deutsche Bank has released its contribution to the recent tide of market outlooks for 2002 with a generally optimistic tone.

GLOBAL - Deloitte & Touche, the professional services firm, has announced that it intends to separate Deloitte Consulting to enable audit clients to continue to use Deloitte Consulting without raising public concern about auditor independence.

GLOBAL - Monetary impulses are likely to lift global markets this year, although investors can still expect to fall short of a smooth ride with modest market potential forecast for the foreseeable future.

GLOBAL - Funds investing in the US faced a tough investment challenge over the 12 months to November 1, according to the latest America report comprising analysis of 88 funds just published by Standard & Poor's.

GLOBAL - Ten-year government bond yields have been surging across the board since early November, according to AXA Investment Managers, jumping to 5.1% from 4.2% in the US, to 5% from 4.4% in the UK, and to 4.9% from 4.3% in Germany.

GLOBAL - Credit Agricole Asset Management has launched a new Nordic portfolio aimed at both institutional and retail clients.

GLOBAL - The UK adopting the euro represents one of the biggest investment risks facing the US, according to Heydon Traub, managing director, global asset allocation at State Street global Advisors (SSgA).