Regions

EUROPE - Europe's regulatory focus has shifted from market efficiency to investor protection, according to a report from State Street assessing the impact of new rules on competition and investment performance.

EUROPE - Institutional investors with concerns about rising interest rates should consider Europe's leveraged loan market, M&G Investments believes.

Emma Cusworth looks at the increasing influence of Sovereign Wealth Funds

European investor confidence into riskier assets is increasing - bucking a global trend of reduced risk appetite from institutional investors, State Street research shows.

GLOBAL - Investors flocked back to equity funds in the fourth quarter of 2010 as appetite for bond funds fell, data from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) shows.

GLOBAL - PIMCO's Bill Gross has urged investors to look to emerging market debt as low rates and rising inflation present an immediate threat to portfolios and treasuries are set to be "overvalued for decades".

GLOBAL - Institutional investors who gain their global equity exposure through hiring regional managers may be exposed to unintended risk, Hermes Global Equities Advisors warns.

EUROPE - European pension funds are increasingly worried about the potential impact of inflation shocks on their portfolios, research by Mercer shows.

US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund moved an international and domestic equity mandate to a global equity remit, according to the fund's February transaction report.

EUROPE - Montagu Private Equity has raised €2.5bn ($3.6bn) in its latest mid-market European buyout fund with over 20% of assets coming from pension funds, confirmed director Vince O'Brien.