Regions

EUROPE - New Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) Max Burger-Calderon is urging investors to stick with private equity despite recent "testing times" for the asset class.

GLOBAL - Global Bond Strategy - a portfolio that combines the talents of two leading global bond managers - has been launched by SEI.

GLOBAL - Pension funds seeking a safe haven from slumping equity markets are boosting their property allocation with demand soaring by 10% so far this year, according to Deutsche Bank Real Estate.

UK/GLOBAL - A campaign by institutional investors, including pension schemes, to force the world's biggest 500 companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions has won UK government backing.

GLOBAL - High income funds which invested in emerging market debt were the best performers last year, research by Standard & Poor's shows.

THE NETHERLANDS - PGGM, the E47bn Dutch pension fund for health care and social workers, has regrouped a number of its investment activities.

GLOBAL - Fears the US economy will plunge into a decade-long recession similar to Japan have been dismissed by fund managers.

GLOBAL - ING Investment Management (IIM) is reorganising along regional lines in the Americas, Asia/Pacific and Europe.

EUROPE - Around 75% of European fund managers expect global stock markets to bounce-back by the end of the year, according to monthly data from ratings agency Morningstar.

EUROPE - EU moves to harmonise tax relief for pension schemes may be boosted by a legal battle between Skandia and the Swedish government, lawyers claim.