Regions

GLOBAL - Asset managers are making concerted efforts to reassure pension funds and other clients over their exposure to US sub-prime asset-backed securities.

UK - Company directors receive more favourable pensions than their employees, according to data released from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

EUROPE - Charlie McCreevy, EU commissioner for internal markets and services, has questioned the role played by credit rating agencies during the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.

INCLUDING: AUSTRALIA - ING CEO appointment; UK - Capita Hartshead acquisition; EUROPE: -Nordic and Baltic expansion; GLOBAL- London & Capital's growth plans; UK - Watson Wyatt recruitment;

GLOBAL - HSBC has established a global multi-manager business for the institutional and retail markets by combining its worldwide capabilities.

INCLUDING: US - Private firms remain bullish; US - Quant funds shrug off concerns

GLOBAL - The impact of sovereign pension funds (SPFs) on global financial markets has been debated, with pension commentators acknowledging there is a lack of knowledge about the subject.

INCLUDING: UK - Charlemagne marches into institutional space; UK - Credit Suisse appointment; SWITZERLAND - Partners Group opens Tokyo office; UK - Pension confidence crisis; NETHERLANDS - PGGM appoints chairman

UK / NETHERLANDS - The TNO Pension Fund Foundation has appointed Blackrock to run a €2bn fiduciary mandate.

INCLUDING: UK - Rank buy out denial; MEXICO - Teachers protest; JAPAN - Y113m taken from public funds