UK pension schemes are failing to realise the benefits of investing in emerging market debt because they lack knowledge about the asset class, although the majority agree these assets would be a valuable addition to their portfolio.
The Spanish public treasury (Tesoro Público) has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide custody and collateral management for OTC derivatives.
Chinese private equity manager Lunar Capital is growing its direct investment operations in China and has selected eFront's FrontInvest platform to support this development.
The UK's National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) unveiled its investment strategy last week and in doing so revealed it had dug into the textbooks of behavioural finance.
As relief workers come to terms with the wreckage left by the Japanese earthquake, fund managers believe there is some cause
US fixed income manager Pimco is hoping to attract more UK clients by offering two of its funds on Skandia's UK investment platform.
