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NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has returned 23.04% since the start of its fiscal year in July.

EUROPE - Pension funds are increasingly performing due diligence on exchange traded fund providers and could be the fastest growing client base going forward, said Valérie Baudson, managing director at Amundi ETF.

Multinational companies are starting to use buy-ins and buyouts for their smaller pension funds dotted around the globe, Aon Hewitt says.

GLOBAL - Multinational companies are starting to use buy-ins and buyouts for their smaller pension funds dotted around the globe, Yvan Legris, UK and EMEA chief executive at Aon Hewitt said.

ICELAND - A group of Icelandic pension funds will buy a 25% stake in geothermal power company HS Orka for ISK8.06bn ($71.5m) from Magma Energy, the firm said.

BNY Mellon, BA, Russell Investments, HamishWilson, Pictet, BlackRock, Towers Watson

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GlaxoSmithKline's £900m buy-in deal last year would not have been possible without transition managers, its director of pensions finance, investments and risk Martin Mannion says.

UK - GlaxoSmithKline's £900m ($1.5bn) buy-in deal last year would not have been possible without transition managers, said Martin Mannion, director of pensions finance, investments and risk.