Regions

GLOBAL - Canadian RBC Global Services, Institutional & Investor Services (IIS) has upgraded its Viewfinder web portal.

UK/EMEA - JPMorgan Investor Services has appointed Dick Feehan as the new business development executive for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), based in London.

UK/EUROPE - Pension schemes could be paying above the odds on foreign currency transactions. According to Mercer Investment Consulting and Record Currency Management, foreign currency is often traded at uncompetitive rates. A closer look at these rates...

ASIA - Most commentators believe that Asia is well placed to benefit from a global economic recovery.

GLOBAL - Global equities returned over 7% in October outperforming both fixed income and hedge funds, figures by global indices provider MSCI show.

EU/UK - The EU Parliament has been urged to ratify a new directive which would enable large companies to run pan-European pension schemes.

GLOBAL - During a time of fluctuating markets and when returns are all, Gartmore's James Binny asks whether pension funds can really afford to ignore currency risk any longer?

EUROPE - Tax harmonisation - the key to cross-border pension schemes - is high on Europe's agenda for next year.

GLOBAL - Hermes Investment Management is the principal fund manager for the BT Pension Scheme, the UK's largest scheme and also manages portfolios for the Post Office Pension Plan and a number of other major corporate and public pension schemes.

UK/EUROPE - Mark Britten-Jones has returned to Barclays Global Investors as head of European equity research.