Regions

GLOBAL - Investec Group has received approval from the South African finance ministry to pursue a listing on the Johannesburg and London Stock Exchanges (LSE).

THE NETHERLANDS - Total revenues at ING were up by 11.2% to EUR41bn for the first nine months of 2001. This positive result coincides with an increase in operational net profit by 8.4% to EUR3.304m.

ASIA/EUROPE - Swiss financial giant Credit Suisse Group has made additional elections to its international advisory board (IAB) in a bid to leverage activities in Asia and Germany.

ASIA/EUROPE - Swiss financial giant Credit Suisse Group has made additional elections to its international advisory board (IAB) in a bid to leverage activities in Asia and Germany.

ASIA PACIFIC - The first meeting of the Asian-Pacific regional International Network of Pension Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) took place in Beijing, China last month.

THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension giant ABP is to rebrand its insurance arm next year under the name of Loyalis following a ruling that bans Dutch pension funds from offering insurance services.

KENYA - The KES300bn (£2.6bn) Nation Media Group Pension Fund has removed KES111.6m (£1m) from Barclays Global Investor's (BGI) index tracker fund and may invest the money offshore.

GLOBAL - Swiss giant Credit Suisse Group (CSG) became the latest casualty of volatile markets and the post September 11 downturn after it reported a massive CHF299m drop in Q3 profits on the same period last year - its first drop in overall profits in...

EUROPE - Hermes Focus Asset Management Europe (HFAME) has finalised its team for the launch of its new Hermes European Focus Funds.

THE NETHERLANDS - Six mid-sized Dutch corporate funds have formed an alliance which will see them use a communal system for their asset management, custodian, administration and IT requirements. The funds represent a combined membership of 60,000 and...