Regions

EUROPE -Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is focusing on socially responsible investing (SRI) in Europe through a new outsourcing deal.

EUROPE/ASIA - AXA Investment Managers has gone overweight in Asian, Japanese and Euroland stocks in anticipation of economic recovery later this year.

EUROPE/ASIA - AXA Investment Managers has gone overweight in Asian, Japanese and Euroland stocks in anticipation of economic recovery later this year.

GLOBAL - Accepted wisdom that life expectancy will reach a ceiling is challenged in a new report by two scientists from the UK and Germany.

GLOBAL - Information provider HedgeWorld has released an updated reference guide for hedge fund investors, advisers and managers.

EUROPE - Marc Russell-Jones has joined Bank of New York as European product manager, exchange traded funds, from FTSE International where he was regional director, France and Switzerland.

EUROPE - Some of Europe's top financial leaders are urging politicians to speed up the pace of European financial integration or face the prospect of millions trapped by pensions poverty.

EUROPE - Henderson Global Investors has appointed Patrick Bushnell as director of property, Europe.

US/EUROPE - Instinet Group and Citibank have joined forces to launch a new currency trading service.

EUROPE - The SiRi Group (Sustainable Investment Research International) has announced that profiles of French stocks within the SiRi Global 500 and the MSCI World Index will be researched by existing SiRi members, Switzerland-based CentreInfo and Brussels-based...