Regions

GLOBAL - Newton anticipates that the subdued growth environment experienced for much of 2002 will continue into 2003.

GLOBAL - JPMorgan Investor Services has launched a new breach register within its compliance reporting services platform.

EUROPE - Brussels based real estate specialist Lend Lease Houlihan Rovers has launched a new European real estate investment SICAV (société d'investissement à capital variable).

EU?UK - EU plans to introduce age discrimination legislation will cause a raft of problems for the pensions industry, lawyers warn.

GLOBAL - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index recovered some ground in November.

EUROPE - Hedge funds produced a positive return of 0.91% in October, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index.

EUROPE - Former head of the Eurex and Deutsche Börse in London, Ana Concejero, has been appointed head of marketing with market maker, Mako Financial Markets.

GLOBAL - IMMFA (Institutional Money Market Funds) has appointed Peter Knight as its new chairman.

UK/EUROPE - Baring Asset Management has hired two new members to its UK and Europe investment team.

ASIA/PACIFIC - Only one of the Asia-Pacific universes made it into the black in September with the Bank of Bermuda AsiaHedge long/short Japan Index scraping into positive territory by the skin of its teeth, up 0.02%.