US - The US Senate has approved the largest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression, aimed at averting a repeat of the recent credit crisis.

AUSTRALIA/CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has bid A$3.5bn (US$3.1bn) for Macquarie-backed Australian toll road operator Intoll Group.

It's no surprise some investors may harbour reservations about Japanese equities given their history for dire returns, but consultants and asset managers at a recent GP roundtable, sponsored by Nomura Asset Management, said the market is primed for a...

US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System will looks at ways to increase the use of internal asset management, particularly in its US$70.7bn global equities portfolio, and will conduct a "deep dive" of its private equity portfolio that could...

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report.

The UK should look at the Chilean retirement system's multi-fund structure as it develops the default fund set-up for NEST, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development principal economist Pablo Antolin-Nicolas says.

UK,CHILE - The UK should look at the Chilean retirement system's multi-fund structure as it develops the default fund set-up for NEST, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development principal economist Pablo Antolin-Nicolas has said.

GLOBAL - Multi-national companies have started to look at using in-house insurers to tackle their funding issues. Helen Fowler reports

PERU - Peru's private pension funds have set an ambitious goal of doubling the volume of their assets under management over the next six years.

CANADA - The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will increase its contribution rate over the next three years in an attempt to tackle its growing pension deficit.