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INCLUDING: NIGERIA - Pension assets hit US$4.8bn; UK - Waltham Forest shakes up management; GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt releases its managerial performance; EUROPE - International Asset Management in CEO appointment.

Including: JAPAN/SINGAPORE - Daiwa examines shariah ETF; UK - Myners' fourth report on shareholder voting; UK -Threadneedle plans UK 130/30 launch

INCLUDING: US - Bill to broaden 401(k) fee disclosure; JAPAN - Markets to rise; UK - New CEO for BP fund;

INCLUDING: SCANDINAVIA - F&C appoints Orving; SPAIN - ETF license issued to BBVA; UK - University appoints Quantum; UK - PPF initiative; US - T. Rowe Price Group results

INCLUDING: UK - Resolution becomes Friends; AUSTRALIA - Property fund success; ASIA - Pakistan pulls in professional help; JAPAN - Nomura reports first quarter results

GLOBAL - Institutional investors in North America and Europe reined in their appetite for risk this month, according to new research from State Street Global Markets.

Including: ITALY/FINLAND - EC launches action over dividends; UK - Pensions Regulator publishes 2006-07 report; CANADA - Université du Québec appoints RBC Dexia; BRAZIL/CANADA - OTPP buys into mining company

INCLUDING: UK- Hymans Robertson announces results; US - State Street in Trilogy deal; UK - Friends Provident and Resolution discussions; UK - New KPMG mortality data; UK - Ealing appoints global transition manager

Including: Italy - Retirement reform agreed on, US - New target maturity funds launched, Germany - Heissmann acquisition completed, UK - LAPFF encourages engagement, Chile - IMF lends support to reform, Netherlands - PGGM's cover ratio rises by 19% to...

GLOBAL - Emerging markets and particularly Chinese portfolios fuelled hedge fund performance in the second quarter of 2007, according to new Morningstar data.