Regions

EUROPE - The dream of cross border pension provision will become a reality, according to Philip Neyt, chairman of the Belgian Pensions Institutions Association.

ISRAEL - Pension reforms have had a positive effect on the Israeli capital market, according to one of the state's leading investment houses.

EUROPE - ABN AMRO has launched the first fully-managed constant proportion debt obligation (CPDO) product.

GLOBAL - The ICGN has issued set of governing principles urging greater oversight of how votes are cast in corporate elections.

AUSTRALIA - Mariner Financial has announced its intention to expand into the institutional market with the appointment of James Panaretos as head of institutional sales.

UK - The pension buyout market has been named a slowburner with innovations destined to soon rock the boat, according to a new Aon Consulting report.

DUBAI - Schroders has announced plans to open an office in Dubai with view to doubling assets under management from Middle Eastern clients in the next three to four years.

GLOBAL- THE Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has produced a new set of due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for pension fund trustees and those investing or servicing the hedge fund industry.

GLOBAL - JP Morgan has launched two new investment tools designed to help investors boost risk-adjusted returns.

GLOBAL - Hedge funds will soon make up over 10% of the conventional institutional investor's portfolios as the vehicle continues to evolve, according to the latest Vision report released by State Street.