Regions

EUROPE - Most European fund managers believe that Germany is heading for a double-dip recession.

GLOBAL - A recovery in equity values is still far from certain despite some recent global rallies, Pictet Asset Management warns.

UK/SE. ASIA - UK fund managers have outperformed their peers in south-east Asia over the last five years, figures from ratings agency Standard & Poor's show.

GLOBAL - Mellon Global Investments has affirmed its commitment to emerging markets with an addition to its global funds range.

GLOBAL - RBC Global services, Institutional and Investor Services (IIS) is to employ SecFinex's web-based securities lending trading system globally.

GLOBAL - Custodians will now be able to settle fund manager clients' FX transactions thanks a new agreement with the CLS Group.

GLOBAL - Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management's Luxembourg funds have been streamlined into the firm's flagship ‘Lion Fortune' umbrella-fund.

EUROPE - Corporate social responsibility is a working reality in Europe and not another passing trend, a report from a European business group says.

EUROPE - A European Court of Justice ruling will set back the timetable for cross-border pension schemes by five years, PricewaterhouseCoopers claims.

UK/MYANMAR - Tobacco giant BAT is being quizzed about its operations in Myanmar (Burma) by leading socially responsible investor Insight Investment - the asset management arm of HBOS.