Regions

UK - Coller Capital has appointed Erwin Roex as investment director. Roex is responsible for transaction origination and structuring.

UK/EUROPE - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development plans to release a report on early retirement trends in the UK.

EUROPE/UK - Standard & Poor's has appointed Geoff Hawksworth as head of its European investment services business, based in London

GLOBAL - Fund managers are divided over whether equity markets will recover following the conclusion to fighting in Iraq.

EUROPE - Asset managers have failed to improve their performance despite massive spending on research, management consultant McKinsey claims.

GLOBAL - Global economic growth is likely to remain sluggish for the foreseeable future because nations cannot afford to devalue their currencies right now.

EUROPE (incl-UK) - Global Asset Management has launched sterling and euro versions of its fund-of-hedge funds.

GLOBAL - Amvescap-owned Invesco is hoping to launch a new hedge fund strategy by year-end as the race for higher yields among investors hots up.

UK/GLOBAL - A radical new code of stewardship for pension funds backed by some of the world's biggest investors has already caused outrage among fund managers.

EUROPE - Bond specialist Pimco has added eight new funds to its global investors series after growing institutional appetite for specialist pooled funds.