Regions

EUROPE - European private equity investment will reach an all-time high of £45bn by the end of the year, Morgan Stanley predicts.

UK/EUROPE - Employers have pledged to fight EU moves to change UK tax laws following a landmark ruling on cross-border pension plans.

GLOBAL - Friends Provident has added an additional passive fund of its "new generation" pension plan range.

GLOBAL - Fund managers are clearing the decks for a rally, despite reservations from institutional investors.

GLOBAL - European company disclosure codes have come under fire from US institutional investors.

EUROPE - Index provider Standard & Poor's has appointed Christopher O'Brien as director of market development for its European business.

UK/EUROPE - Gartmore has launched a fund of hedge fund business aimed at the UK pension fund market.

EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST - Schroder Investment Management has appointed Jeremy Cave as head of fixed income business development for Continental Europe and the Middle East.

EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST - Schroder Investment Management has appointed Jeremy Cave as head of fixed income business development for Continental Europe and the Middle East.

SWEDEN//FINLAND - Schroder Investment Management has appointed Viggo Johansen as sales manager for Sweden and Finland.