Regions

GLOBAL - The majority of asset managers around the world believe their industry will become more polarised, with large players rising to positions of dominance, a report by Create-Research reveals.

EUROPE - Up to 65 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are set to take legal action to block the reforms on the Additional Voluntary Pension Scheme for MEPs recently adopted by the European Parliament (EP) Bureau.

GLOBAL - Currency managers have failed to position themselves in the market as a mainstream asset class for pension funds despite attractive returns, an asset manager has claimed.

GLOBAL - One in ten investors is expected by its peers to default on commitments made to private equity funds in the next years, the latest survey by Coller Capital revealed.

UK/US - Officials at the newly acquired Barclays Global Investors (BGI) are making a bet that coming out from the Barclays Capital umbrella and becoming an independent firm will help assets grow quicker.

EUROPE - Institutional investors renewed confidence in 2008 to the European private equity industry but early indications suggest a slowdown in fundraising in 2009, data by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association shows.

UK/EUROPE - UK members of the European Parliament will be entitled to a bigger pension than their Westminster colleagues, calculations by Open Europe reveal.

Caroline Helbronner and Frances Phillips Taft look at a pension fund's responsibility in the face of the economic downturn

EUROPE - UCITS funds posted a net inflow of €22bn (US$30.6bn) for the first quarter of 2009 after six consecutive quarters of outflows, data by the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) reveals.

GLOBAL - Active management firms' revenue worldwide declined by 30% - 50% last year, Watson Wyatt research reveals.