Regions

EUROPE - Frank Russell had added to its multi manager line up in its European investor range.

EUROPE - The UK remains a model for corporate governance standards across Europe, according to the PIRC Corporate Governance Annual Review for 2001.

NORDIC - Norway's largest financial, group Den Norske Bank (DnB), is to acquire the global asset management operations of Swedish firm Skandia in a move that will significantly bolster its assets under management and strengthen its presence in the Nordic...

GLOBAL - Swedes hold more equities in their defined contribution pension funds than other nationality, according to research from Watson Wyatt.

GLOBAL - Global funds rating agency Fitch has introduced its ‘International Advisory Committee' to be presided over by Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the former President of France. The committee has been created as a forum for gaining a wider perspective...

EUROPE - The beginning of the year has seen the launch of two new segments on the European stock exchange, in a bid to improve the visibility of small and mid-cap companies for investors.

GLOBAL - The pension market represents a golden opportunity for insurers to grow their businesses, according to Deloitte Consulting, especially as the industry comes under pressure from the results of terrorism, natural and man-made disasters.

GLOBAL - Schroder Investment Management believes that global economic recovery will be weaker than most expect, labelling expectations for growth and corporate earnings as "too optimistic".

BELGIUM/ NETHERLANDS - Dexia Group, the Brussels-based financial services firm, has merged subsidiaries Bank Labouchere and Kempen & Co to form Dexia Bank Nederland.

GLOBAL - Fund managers are optimistic about the economic outlook for 2002, despite concerns about the US economy.