Regions

GLOBAL - Pension schemes are increasingly demanding that funds of hedge funds be located onshore as they are unable to invest in traditional unregulated products, managers have found.

GLOBAL - Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM) has appointed Mercer CIO Tim Gardener as global head of consultant relations.

GLOBAL - Private equity investment in emerging markets is again on the rise, with a 55% year-on-year increase over the first half of the year, research shows.

GLOBAL - Companies in more countries are starting to adopt the two-tier model of defined contribution funding typically found in the US, said Craig Burnett, Mercer's European head of DC.

GLOBAL - Pension funds should be investing at least 50% of their assets in emerging markets, Ashmore head of research Jerome Booth suggests.

GLOBAL - A growing number of multi-national companies are developing global pension committees and policies in order to gain a better grasp on their fund liabilities, says Mercer global chief retirement strategist Bruce Rigby.

EUROPE - European pension funds are shunning cash in favour of riskier alternative investments, a survey shows.

GLOBAL - Strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions are converging into "a more holistic process" as investors refine their risk management post-crisis, State Street says.

Asia/UK - Baring Asset Management has appointed Wayne Shum to the newly created role of head of institutional business for Asia.

GLOBAL - Low liquidity levels in the fixed income markets have led investment grade and high yield exchange traded funds to rack up higher-than-expected tracking errors and lower performance, asset manager Robeco said.