Regions

GLOBAL - Mellon Global Investments has launched a global emerging markets value equities fund aimed at institutional investors.

EUROPE - Italy and Spain levy the highest charges when it comes to funds in Europe.

UK/EUROPE - Gartmore has hired Gary Clarke as a senior investment manager to its European equities team.

GLOBAL - Pension funds should brace themselves for more poor returns next year, fund managers warn.

UK/EUROPE - Gartmore Investment Management is looking to issue specialised bonds which will provide smaller pension schemes with a greater diversity of investment.

UK/EUROPE - Pension problems faced by the UK are common across the whole of Europe, says government actuary Chris Daykin in a book published this week.

UK/EU - The Engineering Employers Federation has called on the government to block EU plans to give agency workers occupational pension rights.

GLOBAL - Reuters-owned fund analysis firm Lipper has acquired Capital Access International.

GLOBAL - US-headquartered investment manager T. Rowe Price is confident that next year will ring in a gradual recovery for global markets.

UK/EMEA - JPMorgan Treasury Services has boosted its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) team with two new hires.