Regions

GLOBAL - Japanese bond investors are shifting their sights to the US and Europe in order to enhance returns, according to research by consultants Greenwich Associates.

GLOBAL - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is to accept the UK's controversial FRS17 accounting standard as the base of the international standard IAS19.

EUROPE/UK - Overly-generous occupational pension schemes are encouraging workers to take early retirement, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says.

EUROPE - Barclays Global Investors has issued several European fixed income exchange traded funds on the iBoxx indices as part of its iShares range.

UK/EUROPE/US - Fund managers fear that moves to increase transparency within private equity will significantly lower returns.

GLOBAL - State Street Global Advisors has launched a new US high yield bond index strategy.

GLOBAL - Sales of IMMFA (Institutional Money Market Funds) have climbed to US$125.6bn in the last three months.

UK/EUROPE - Agency workers are unlikely to win equal pensions rights in the UK, believes Pinsent Curtis Biddle.

GLOBAL - Northern Trust has been forced to write off the US$4.8bn (£3.1bn) it invested in the Global Straight Through Processing Association.

GLOBAL - Global fund manager search activity is expected to surge by the end of the year.