Global

Nomura Asset Management has been appointed by LGT Capital Management of Liechtenstein to manage a Japanese small cap equity portfolio which will form part of LGT's global fund range.

AT&T faces a law suit after three pension funds filed a writ to stop the US telecoms giant from altering its charter, in order to halt what they call a threat to shareholders right to a meaningful say in the company's future.

Northern Trust has been selected as global custodian to US based investment manager Kayne Anderson Rudnick's new International Equity Fund.

Investec will take control of Fedsure's financial services and insurance businesses on March 31, as part of its ZAR5.75bn (£501m) deal to acquire the South Africa based financial services group.

InvestorForce, the technology platform that enables pension plan sponsors and consultants to conduct money manager searches online, has formed a partnership with Measurisk, a risk management service, to offer risk monitoring capabilities to conduct searches...

Railpen, the in house manager of the £16bn Railways Pension Fund, is set to switch benchmarks to the Lehman Global Aggregate Index in the third quarter, according to its chief executive Peter Murray.

Cheshire County Council's £1.5bn UK based pension fund is to put out to tender for an Additional Voluntary Contribution provider.

A new survey has found that only 8% of the UK's largest multinational companies plan early implementation of FRS 17 regulations (the new pensions accounting standard).

A new survey has found that only 8% of the UK's largest multinational companies plan early implementation of FRS 17 regulations (the new pensions accounting standard).

Edinburgh Fund Managers has appointed Quorum/West LB Asset Management's Peter Miller as a senior quantitative investment analyst.