AUSTRALIA - UniSuper, the A$19.3bn Australian superannuation fund for workers in the higher education and research sector, has restructured its public markets portfolio, awarding mandates for long/short and concentrated strategies and increasing its use...

GLOBAL - More than a third of pension funds prefer fundamental indices over free float market capitalisation indices, a clear indication that the concept is gaining sway.

Here it is - a full list of the winners of the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2006.

JAMES FISHER has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide actuarial, administration and consultancy services to its two defined benefit schemes.

GLOBAL - Institutional demand for hedge funds is set to triple to over US$1trn by 2010, led by pension funds seeking new asset classes to better match their growing liabilities, a report has claimed.

UK - Proponents of the UK transition management industry proposed code of conduct, the T-Charter, have rounded on potential non-signatories and demanded they explain to pension funds what their objections are.

London pension scheme joins BP lawsuit; Osprey increases AWG offer and raises stake to 22%; Deloitte brings Swiss into its UK business

THE FORMER chief investment officer of Standard Asset Management has launched an emerging markets asset management firm.

SYNESIS LIFE has hired Robin Houghton and Joseph Lu as senior managers.

ASIA - European Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) players could soon tap Asia as a lucrative revenue source as the Euro market matures, said Marie-Pierre Ravoteur, co-head of the EasyETF development platform jointly managed by AXA Investment Managers and BNP...