Including: NORWAY - Oil fund to invest $2bn in India; UK - BT scheme part of King's Cross redevelopment; US - SIFMA calls for global regulator role; NETHERLANDS - Watson Wyatt appoints senior investment consultant; UK - Paternoster plans to achieve data...

SWITZERLAND - The Swiss government lowered the minimum return that retirement funds must pay their members after a crisis in financial markets hurt returns.

THE National Association of Pension Funds is establishing a group to develop ideas and discuss topical issues on how best to advise their members on investment decisions.

GLOBAL - A new environmental and social reporting standard will help banks, insurers and asset managers rebuild battered reputations, its developers have claimed.

GLOBAL - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has poached Nizam Hamid and Yvonne Sandford from Deutsche Bank's exchange traded funds-focused team, Global Pensions has learned.

UK - The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) saw £4bn (US$6.5bn) wiped off its value in Q1 as a result of adverse market movements, according to the fund's annual report.

UK - More than 1,000 protestors are expected to lobby the UK parliament today to demand a higher state pension for both today's pensioners and future generations, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

EUROPE - The hedge fund industry needs to prioritise meeting capital adequacy requirements in order to overcome the current market environment, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has said.

Andrew Sheen examines the increasing role played by indices in pension fund investment, as they adapt and evolve to fit the needs of every investor

US - New York City comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. has revealed his office is exploring the use of the city's pension funds to invest in infrastructure, amid growing concerns economic development projects could be derailed by a weakening economy....