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GLOBAL - Eighty-seven institutional investors with combined assets of over $9trn - including some of the world's biggest pension funds - are pushing 500 corporate heavyweight companies to disclose information concerning their greenhouse gas emissions....

UK/ Netherlands - The Netherlands-based Blue Sky Group, managers of the pension assets for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has appointed Janus Capital Group subsidiary INTECH to a $250m (£143m) US large cap enhanced mandate.

GLOBAL - A slow recovery is predicted for global pension funds despite a recovery in the markets, a new study said.

GLOBAL - New pollution laws will hit electricity company profits unless they switch to clean energy, fund managers have been warned.

UK/ NETHERLANDS - Unions are threatening legal action over a Dutch firm's plans to oust UK workers from its final salary scheme.

GLOBAL - Pension funds are expected to become increasingly bullish on gold investments following the introduction of an exchange traded fund from the World Gold Council (WGC) early next year.

Bosnia - The government of Republika Srpska, Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, has gone ahead with plans to increase pensions and wages by some 20%, despite warnings from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, according to World Markets Research...

GLOBAL - UK Fund managers must form a united front and lobby government for the reform of tax rules that hinder industry consolidation, PricewaterhouseCoopers says.

GLOBAL - Switzerland's Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge fund manager, posted a 33% rise in profits for the first half of the year due to soaring sales and robust investor appetite for uncorrelated strategies.

GLOBAL - Institutional electronic broker NeoNet has completed the acquisition of Lexit Financial Group for a combination of shares and US$1.3m cash.