Regions

ASIA - Asia is striding ahead of other global markets and its future is looking bright, Credit Suisse Asset Management claims.

EUROPE/UK - Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has developed a toolkit for pan-European employers wanting to know the specific pensions tax regimes of member states.

EMERGING MARKETS - Ashmore Investment Management's flagship fund, the Emerging Markets Liquid Investment Portfolio, has posted a 21.2% return for the year to July 31.

GLOBAL - Northern Trust is to provide Ashmore Investment Management with global custody, fund administration and accounting services for its US$225m Cayman-domiciled Ashmore Emerging Markets Debt Fund

GLOBAL - State Street is on track to retaining 90% of Deutsche Bank's custody clients, following the acquisition of its global securities services business.

GLOBAL - Constellation Capital Management, an Australian investment boutique, has launched a new benchmark system designed to help pension funds overcome the sector quirks of a home country bias and diversify into international markets.

ASIA - Asia investment specialists, Atlantis Investment Management, has appointed James Alexander from Nomura International to spearhead its Asian fund sales and marketing internationally.

EUROPE - A new report has called for urgent shifts in the employment patterns of older workers if many developed economies are to avert the rising costs of early retirement.

EUROPE - JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management is calling for greater education about alternative investments following survey results which suggest that many European institutions still view the asset class as too risky.

GLOBAL - First-half profits at Henderson Global Investors plummeted to A$62m (£25.6m) - a fall of nearly 40% on the same period last year.