Regions

UK/EUROPE - NeoNet, the global equity trading system, is opening a sales and representation office in London.

EUROPE - Mellon Global Securities Services has appointed Amanda Field consultant relationship manager.

US/GLOBAL - MSCI has created a range of US equity indices that will allow investment by capitalisation size, value/growth investment styles and sector groups.

GLOBAL - Significant outperformance from Japanese equities looks set to continue despite concerns over structural and financial system problems, according to Schroder Investment Management.

UK/EUROPE - UK coal mines look set to be the first companies to be hit by the Beckmann ruling which preserves early retirement rights for transferred staff.

UK/EUROPE - Retained fire-fighters have vowed to fight on after an employment tribunal ruling denied 15,000 employees the right to join the Firemen's Pension Scheme.

EUROPE/UK - European venture capital activity took another worrying slide during the second quarter 2002 posting the worst figures for three years, according to the latest data from Ernst & Young and VentureOne.

Arne Genschou has been appointed to lead Watson Wyatt's Stockholm office, the international consulting firm's base in the Nordic region.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the New Zealand Securities Commission (NZSC) have reaffirmed their intention to move towards a single economic market following a meeting in Sydney.

GLOBAL - Henderson Global Investors' SRI team is hoping to promote discussion of human rights and climate change at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg next month.