Regions

GLOBAL - Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has launched an equity fund focused on the agricultural sector.

Major European pension funds have attacked mining firm Anglo American over its involvement in a Zimbabwean platinum mining operation.

US/UK - CalPERS and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have lost senior staff.

GLOBAL - HSBC Global Asset Management has launched a New Frontiers fund to institutional investors.

GLOBAL - The skill sets of fund managers have failed to keep pace with an increasingly sophisticated investment environment, a survey by KPMG has revealed.

GLOBAL - The credit crisis is likely to have a strong negative impact on the real economy for at least the next three years, according to delegates at Fund Forum International 2008.

AFRICA/DENMARK - The DKK440bn (US$92bn) ATP fund has confirmed it is considering divesting from mining firm Anglo American over its continuing activity in Zimbabwe.

UK/SWEDEN - Pension Corporation and two AP funds have made appointments to their hierarchy.

GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt has created a global quantitative research and investment systems group and brought in industry expertise to bolster the team.

GLOBAL - Market conditions have made private equity and venture capital investments an attractive option, according to Bramdean Asset Management.