Regions

EUROPE - A move by the European Commission to tackle tax discrimination against foreign pension funds could mean the end of generous state pensions across Europe.

GERMANY/EU - Germany is the prime target of action against discriminatory rates of tax on foreign investment funds in Europe, while most EU members continue to block a real single market for funds through differential tax levies.

AMERICAS/EUROPE - AXA Investment Managers has launched a market neutral hedge fund that takes advantage of statistical anomalies in the stock market.

AMERICAS/EUROPE - AXA Investment Managers has launched a market neutral hedge fund that takes advantage of statistical anomalies in the stock market.

GLOBAL - Short biased managers are prepping themselves up for a comeback after posting the worst performance so far this year, according to the latest data from hedge fund advisory group, Hennessee.

EUROPE - Eastern European markets still offer above-average opportunities for investors, according to one leading expert.

GLOBAL - Brown Brothers Harriman Foreign Exchange has launched the web-based version of FX IndexLink, BBH's currency-trading tool.

GLOBAL - Institutional private equity investors are increasing their appetite for the asset class as the turmoil in listed markets continues.

GLOBAL - The traditional view of emerging markets is of volatility, risk, instability, and illiquidity. But it make be time to revise this view. Christine Senior takes a closer look at some emerging market highlights.

GLOBAL - Fortis Investment Management achieved GIPS compliance as of the end of 2002.