US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has successfully pushed through governance improvements at Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Man Group has completed its $1.6bn purchase of GLG Partners, creating a diversified fund group running $63bn of assets.

US - The 100 largest US public pension funds saw their assets rise 6.8% for the 12 months to June, the first fiscal-year gain since 2007, research shows.

UK - Man Group has completed its $1.6bn purchase of GLG Partners, creating a diversified fund group running $63bn of assets.

HUNGARY - Hungarian pension-fund companies will protest against the government's plan to suspend contributions to workers' retirement accounts for a year, an industry association said.

IRELAND - Almost 80% of Ireland's defined benefit schemes have already closed or are likely to close to new employees, research shows.

US - The Segal Company has acquired Aon Consulting's multiemployer defined benefit plan and related consulting business in the US.

IRELAND - The Pensions Board has agreed to extend the timeframe for defined benefit schemes to submit their funding proposals.

US - Six major US cities have pension assets that can only pay for promised benefits for the next 10 years, new research shows.

AUSTRALIA - The governance benchmark for superannuation trustees should be higher than that of listed companies, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes.