Regions

GLOBAL - A new report has warned leading energy companies that environmental risks could reduce their shareholder value.

GLOBAL - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has dropped seven non-US firms from the S&P500 and replaced them with American companies.

UK/EUROPE - Sarasin Investment Management has launched a new income fund o target real bond yields with an equity kicker.

GLOBAL - ABN Amro Bank and Mellon Financial Corporation have sealed their global custody operations.

GLOBAL - Ethical or SRI investors (socially responsible investment) may be exposing their portfolios to greater risks than their more ‘conventional' counterparts, according to a new report from Commerzbank Securities.

THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch financial services firm Aegon has issued a full-year profits warning.

GLOBAL - A growing number of managers are turning to smaller Asian markets such as Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).

UK/EUROPE - A transsexual has won the right to be offered a pension at age 60 in a landmark EU human rights ruling.

GLOBAL - Active equity strategies can still outperform in the long-term, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

GLOBAL - North American equities was the worst performing asset class during Q2 as most equity markets across the board posted double-digit losses, according to the latest Russell/Mellon CAPS figures.