Regions

EUROPE - A new report has warned Europe's biggest companies to inject cash into their pension funds now or face a hefty bill once the international accounting standard (IAS) has been brought into line with UK equivalent FRS17.

UK/EUROPE - JP Morgan Investor Services EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) has appointed Mariagrazia Polo as sales executive for Italy.

EUROPE - AXA Rosenberg Investment Management is set to launch a new European long/short equity fund for institutional investors.

EUROPE/UK - Private equity will continue to see an influx of new money and investors despite poor short-term performance figures, fund managers are predicting.

UK/GLOBAL - International Pensions News can reveal that troubled Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has haemorrhaged around £2.2bn in global pension fund business during the last 18 months, and could be on the verge of shredding up to another £2.5bn....

EUROPE/UK - Private equity will continue to see an influx of new money and investors despite poor short-term performance figures, fund managers are predicting.

EUROPE - The United Nations is urging Britain and other EU members to clamp down on the cult of early retirement.

Mercer and WW ousted:

UK/EUROPE - Alternative asset manager Man Group is to buy Switzerland's RMF for $833m in a bid to become the world's largest hedge fund manager.

CAPS revises Japanese figures