Regions

EUROPE - European investors are increasingly aware of the benefits of using an experienced transaction services provider, according to Frank Russell Securities.

GLOBAL - A leading emerging markets fund guru has criticised the decision of the world's biggest pension fund pull out of four east Asian countries.

GLOBAL - The September 11 terrorist attacks on the US only had a brief and moderate effect on the finance world, Deutsche Asset Management claims.

GLOBAL - Investors are in need of a risk index as interest in international property investing grows, according to one real estate guru.

GLOBAL - Socially responsible investments harbour additional, more complex risks than their conventional counterparts, according to a new report.

GLOBAL - Human rights and environmental campaigners attended Morgan Stanley's AGM in London yesterday, led by Friends of the Earth, the International Rivers Network, Students for a Free Tibet and Free Tibet Campaign.

EUROPE - Speaking to the British Chamber of Commerce in Brussels yesterday, Financial Services Authority chairman Howard Davies said the conclusions of the Barcelona Summit have given new impetus to the single European financial market.

SOUTH AFRICA - The vast majority of pension funds in South Africa would prefer an offshore allowance of at least double the current restriction, according to a new study into the international strategies of the SA pension fund industry undertaken by Wits...

EUROPE - Goldman Sachs Asset Management has appointed Wassum Investment Consulting's Mats Langensjö as executive director, with responsibility for developing its Scandinavian business.

GLOBAL - Hedge funds posted their first drop in February since last year, according to the latest figures from the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index.