Regions

GLOBAL - Corporate social responsibility increases shareholder value for pension funds, a new survey by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors shows.

UK/EU - New EU legislation will give defined benefit members the right to know what they would get if their scheme wound-up, Mercer claims.

EUROPE - Some 87% of European fund managers think that investors lack faith in them to beat the current market downpour. The survey, which forms part of a series from research and ratings firm Morningstar Europe, also revealed that most fund managers...

GLOBAL - Investors have pulled money from emerging market bond funds for first time since January as many look to capitalise on recent peaks.

EUROPE - SEI Investment has appointed Marco Zanuso as director of business development, Southern Europe.

EUROPE - Dutch firm Robeco is expecting to lure more European pension funds, as well as private banks, following a positive performance from its Robeco Absolute Return hedge fund of funds (RAR).

EUROPE - JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management has boosted its fixed-income range with the launch of three new bond funds targeting European institutional investors, including pension funds and fund of fund providers.

GLOBAL - UK-based fund managers still earn 22% more than their counterparts in the US, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.

EUROPE - Baring Asset Management's Emerging Europe Fund has sold its entire portfolio position in Turkey following the war in Iraq.

EUROPE - Investors have been too harsh on European markets, especially Germany, Barclays Global Investors claims.