Regions

UK/EU - Trustees will have to rethink scheme rules in the wake of new laws on sexual orientation and disability discrimination, a leading pensions lawyer claims.

US/EUROPE - Gartmore believes now is the time to invest in Europe and the US.

GLOBAL - State Street Corporation has sealed a US$1.5bn deal to acquire substantial parts of Deutsche Bank's global securities services business (GSS).

EUROPE - Barclays Global Investors has strengthened its hedge fund stable with the launch of a new European equity market neutral product.

UK/EUROPE - European ministers have rejected pleas from UK employers to place restrictions on agency workers' pension rights.

UK/EU - Employers which close final salary schemes to new staff face age discrimination claims in years to come, pensions lawyers warn.

EUROPE - The Isis European Prime fund has outperformed the FTSE World Europe ex-UK Index by 8% during its first year.

EUROPE - In the euro zone, short term economic conditions remain uncertain and risky, but the latest figures still do not substantiate fears of a relapse into a real recession, according to CDC IXIS Asset Management.

GLOBAL- The first live debate on currency risk and currency management will be held in London next month as part of the Currency Overlay Forum 2002.

GLOBAL - The Institutional Money Market Funds Association (IMMFA) has announced that sales of Triple-A rated money market fund sales were up on the quarter to US$102.7bn.