Regions

GLOBAL - European corporate governance standards are now among the highest in the world, according to a new study.

EUROPE - Skandia Investment Management, the asset manager and part of the Skandia Group, has appointed David Orr, currently head of marketing at Rothschild Asset Management.

EUROPE - Asset consulting services have started to overlap with some of the services offered by multi-managers.

GLOBAL - Invesco, a unit of Amvescap, has received a preparation licence from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for its proposed joint venture fund management company with Great Wall Securities.

GLOBAL - Henderson Global Investors has launched a Global Fixed Income Absolute Return fund aimed at private banks, institutions and high net worth investors.

EUROPE - Deutsche Börse is rounding out its management team with Axel Nawrath and Jürgen Röthig as managing directors.

GLOBAL - Global private equity funds more than halved in the past 12 months, figures from AltAssets show.

EUROPE/UK - Axa Investment Managers is hoping to woo institutional investors in Continental Europe with its new World Fund Global High Yield Bonds fund.

GLOBAL - Independent global index provider, the FTSE Group, is to launch a global small-cap index to compliment its existing large and mid-cap products.

GLOBAL - Emerging markets bond funds registered record inflows in April, while equity funds continued to bleed assets.