The European equity market demonstrated its resilience in February, notching up gains despite the distractions of a change of prime minister in Italy, turmoil in Ukraine, and a largely underwhelming earnings season. There is ample scope for further share price gains to come as the eurozone recovery gains traction and corporate earnings are poised to show improvement.

Lyxor Asset Management announces two senior management appointments within Lyxor AM Inc. (Lyxor in the US), to be effective early August 2014.

Leyne Strauss-Kahn & Partners is the initiator of DSK Global Investment Fund (regulatory approval pending), a long-term global-macro fund whose investment decisions rely on Dominique Strauss-Kahn' s analysis of fundamental economic, financial and political trends that affect market prices.

Global investors are moving toward a ”risk off” stance, taking on greater protection as the prospect of geopolitical instability grows, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for March.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it will allocate an additional $200 million to its emerging manager program in the Private Equity asset class.