Week on the web

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

Monday Movers

GLOBAL - JLT Investment Solutions, New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association Board, AXA Investment Managers, BlackRock, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, F&C Investments, RPMI, Oddo Asset Management

New York and US accuse BNY Mellon of FX overcharging

US - The New York attorney general and the United States attorney general have launched separate lawsuits against Bank of New York Mellon accusing it of overcharging state and nationwide pension funds on foreign exchange currency trades.

Towers Watson acquires WellsCanning

US - Towers Watson has acquired investment advisory firm WellsCanning.

Pensions expand sec lending to emerging markets

GLOBAL - A handful of sophisticated pension funds are expanding their securities lending programmes to include lending emerging markets securities, which rake in higher fees than their developed market counterparts, an eSecLending official said.

NAPF calls for emergency meeting with TPR following QE announcement

UK - Pension funds are calling for an urgent meeting with The Pensions Regulator to discuss ways of protecting UK pension schemes from the negative effects of quantitative easing.

European plans embrace SRI

EUROPE - More than half (56%) of EU corporate pension funds now have an SRI policy in place while a quarter of those without intend to implement one within the next 12 months, research shows.

Pensions account for $30trn in assets under management

GLOBAL - Pension fund assets accounted for almost $30trn of investment manager assets worldwide in 2010, research by TheCityUK shows.

State Street acquires Swiss analytics specialist

SWITZERLAND - State Street has acquired Swiss investment performance measurement and analytics firm Complementa Investment-Controlling AG.

Barnett Waddingham to advise UBS on longevity swaps

UK - Barnett Waddingham has been chosen by investment bank UBS to provide administration and actuarial oversight services for its longevity swaps service.

State Street reaches $10trn milestone

GLOBAL - State Street has crossed the $10trn mark in client assets serviced by its investment analytics team, the company has confirmed