EURONEXT has bought 51pc of SecFinex, a European securities lending trading platform.

BLACKET RESEARCH - the independent monitoring and measurement company set up to help scheme ensure that they get best quality advice from investment consultants - has gone into liquidation.

CHINA - The US$225bn California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has opened the door to Chinese public equity investments "on a case by case basis".

BARCLAYS CAPITAL is set to offer its clients call options on tailor-made baskets of hedge funds on an independent platform.

UGANDA - General outlays will drive future liabilities of the Ugandan Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF) beyond sustainability if the fund is not rebalanced.

UK - As announced at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum 2006, the T-Charter has gone out for general and widespread industry consultation, meeting the Christmas deadline set by key industry figures at the event.

THE £465m London Borough of Waltham Forest Pension Fund has put its entire fund up for tender.

CANADA - The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has teamed up with Loral Space & Communications to fully acquire satellite operator Telesat Holdings for C$3.25bn (US$2.8bn).

SWEDEN - The SEK196bn (€21.1bn) AP3 has announced plans to invest more than SEK 2bn (€221m) in around ten real estate funds over the next four years.

US - Five New York City pension funds have submitted shareholder proposals asking 10 companies to disclose their policies and procedures for all political contributions using corporate money.