Regions

GLOBAL - Worldwide ETF assets under management have fallen by 19.3% this year, according to a report from Barclays Global Investors.

INCLUDING: ITALY - bfinance to open Italian office; AUSTRALIA - SCT gets two new members; US - DC plans feature auto enrolment; UK - Watson Wyatt appointments

GLOBAL - Russell Investments has announced its Australian chief executive will be moved to London to take charge of the firm's international business operations.

US - African stock markets will launch a campaign to attract more investors from the US and Europe to boost liquidity in their markets, said Sunil Benimadhu, chief executive officer of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

GLOBAL - The economic downturn is no excuse to delay urgent negotiations over climate change agreements, some of the world's leading investors and pension funds have said.

GLOBAL - Mercer has launched a 'carbon footprint' analysis for institutional investors' portfolios, which can be compared to a chosen benchmark such as the FTSE All-Share, S&P 500 or Russell 1000.

INCLUDING: US - Dept of Labor sues Vigilance; SWEDEN - Carnegie introduces strong action programme; EUROPE - Montgomery rejoins LaSalle; SAUDI ARABIA - Credit Suisse expands presence in Saudi

Including: MALAYSIA - CAAM opens Malaysia office; GLOBAL - IASB and FASB announce roundtable locations; GERMANY - db x-trackers launches credit market ETFs

GLOBAL - Emerging markets are in much better shape than they were five years ago, and fund managers are now even more keen to hang on to the decoupling theory, according to Standard & Poor's.

GLOBAL - Pension schemes will need to cope with a profits recession, as well as a much more volatile inflation cycle in the near future, Standard Life says.