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Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched a new website which will provide information on investment products and performance.

Proxy voting agency and corporate governance specialist Manifest has hit back at five trade bodies which called for the speedy introduction of electronic voting.

The £11.6bn Natwest Bank Pension Fund and the £2bn Royal Bank of Scotland Pension Scheme are to merge by the end of the year.

Amy Chamberlain has been appointed as investment analyst in the corporate research team at London-based investment house Morley Fund Management.

Global financial services firm, State Street Corporation has launched the Merrill Lynch Institutional Liquidity Funds (ILF) via its online trading tool, Fund Connect.

A Hong Kong businessman has suffered the wrath of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority for failing to make contributions to the mandatory provident fund (MPF).

Hermes Investment Management has joined opposition to Marconi's proposed repricing of employee stock options, saying that it will vote against the proposal at the company's July 16 AGM.

International financial organisation JP Morgan Investor Services has held on to a £26bn global custody mandate at the Sheffield-based British Coal Pension Schemes, following a tri-annual review.

AP7, Sweden's seventh national pension fund, will have to wait until August to know whether or not it is allowed to invest in private equity and hedge funds by the end of September.

International investment house Gartmore has launched a fourth equity hedge fund for institutional investors as part of its AlphaGen range.