BARING Asset Management is set to launch a Middle East and North Africa fund.
MORE than one million people who lost money when Equitable Life collapsed have been warned that compensation claims could take over a decade.
CARDANO has expanded its London-based investment management team with the appointment of Hemmo Hemmes.
FALKIRK Council Pension Fund is looking for a passive investment manager for its £900m pension fund.
UK - Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal many pensioners are living on modest incomes, while rising inflation continues to add to the financial pressures faced by retirees.
EUROPE - HSBC quant specialist, Sinopia, has launched the first emerging market inflation-linked bond (ILB) fund for European investors.
NETHERLANDS - The Pension Fund Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) has brought in ING Investment Management to take fiduciary responsibility for the scheme.
US - State Street has beaten its own revenue record for a second successive quarter, bringing in US$2.7bn in the three months to the end of June.
UK - Falkirk council pension fund has tendered for a passive manager for a mandate worth between £150m-£325m.
US - Russell Investments has forecast a positive future for corporate pension plans in the US, predicting only one in four will have a funding status below 90% by 2017.