Regions

UK/EU - Britain has been given two years to bring its pension policies in line with European law.

EUROPE - New reform plans to promote greater transparency in Europe's credit markets have come under heavy criticism from one fund manager who has warned that the move may deter issuers.

GLOBAL - American interests have lost ground to Dutch parties and to a smaller degree to British and Swiss parties in the Dutch pension market, according to latest data from investment consultants Bureau Bosch which investigated 75 investment managers....

GLOBAL - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index has posted an 0.94% return for August - underperforming the MSCI World Index which gained 1.98%.

GLOBAL - Exclusive: A Denver-based investment boutique is offering European pension schemes access to the US small-cap sector through what it claims is the world's first "hybrid" public-private equity fund.

GLOBAL - Talks between Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (SSSB) over merging the firms' global index businesses have "reached the point of no return", according to a senior source at S&P. A deal was due to be signed by the end...

EUROPE - Luxembourg is planning to outsource the management of the assets in the social security pension reserve fund for white collar workers.

EUROPE - Kempen Capital Management and SNS Asset Management have launched an index to track the socially responsible investment performance of smaller companies in Europe.

BALTIC REGION - The number of people joining Estonia's second pillar pension system has reached just over 300,000, according to the Baltic News Service.

EUROPE - Inadequate solvency levels are forcing more and more European pension funds to step up equity allocations and alternative and global investments in an effort to boost returns.