Regions

INCLUDING - UK - Henderson profits up, AuM down; IRELAND - Pensions Board appointment; ASIA-PACIFIC - Barings confident on Asia Pacific

GLOBAL - A new report has said pension funds remain hesitant about investing in alternatives.

EUROPE - Fitch Ratings announced it has been actively monitoring all its ratings for European money market and enhanced cash funds, focusing on exposures to less liquid instruments in the funds, in the structured and securitised credit area.

INCLUDING: UK- Myners to speak at NAPF conference; UK - S&P launches new indices; UK - Aberdeen acquires Glasgow Investment Managers

SCANDINAVIA - Scandinavian equities helped three major funds to yield positive returns in the first half of 2007, according to the latest new results released.

GLOBAL - North American institutional investors have regained their appetite for risk - in contrast to European investors, who consolidated the pullback they began last month, according to new data from State Street Global Markets.

Including: EUROPE - Vanguard launches enhanced equity fund; UK - S&P downgrades two European SIV-lites; AUSTRALIA - ASFA conference hits record

UK / IRELAND - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has been awarded a global custody mandate valued at US$4.2bn of assets by Ireland's largest building society.

INCLUDING: UK - New manager at Morley; US - Commodity index to underlie ETF; IRELAND - New head of compliance at Pensions Board

GLOBAL - Industry analysts have debated the usefulness of quantitative strategies and their ability to cope with the current market volatility.