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GLOBAL - The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has added two to its Hong Kong and London branches with the appointment of a director and research consultant respectively.

GLOBAL - The decision by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) to join the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) for better investment research has raised the initiative's total assets under management to more than US$2trn.

GLOBAL - Replication could "turn the hedge fund industry on its head" and pension fund demand for such strategies is on the rise, Partners Group has claimed.

GLOBAL - A conclusive majority of some of the world's largest pension funds would not accept a standardised measure of longevity, exclusive research by Global Pensions has revealed.

GLOBAL - Global index provider MSCI Barra will be launching some 20,000 new indices over the next few months in order to remain in step with growing trends in pension fund investments.

GLOBAL - The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) have aligned their interests in a formal agreement.

This is the final reminder to all Global Pensions Awards nominees to get their submissions in by the deadline of 12 January.

GLOBAL - Barclays Capital claim to have launched the first fully-automated optimised foreign exchange index fund.

GLOBAL - ING Group is to sell its fiduciary and advisory business unit ING Trust to Foreman Capital as part of its strategy to concentrate on its core asset management, insurance and banking businesses.

GLOBAL - The emerging market hedge fund outlook remains positive, with default rates at their lowest in years and corporate profits exceeding expectations, new research by Credit Suisse and Tremont has found.