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Group launched to spotlight 'irrational and dangerous' investment behaviour
GLOBAL - Current investment theory and practice runs the risk of failing investors at their time of greatest need, a new group of investment managers warns.
Netherlands still tops, but ongoing world-wide pension reform still needed
GLOBAL - The Netherlands, Australia and Switzerland have the world's best pension systems in terms of adequacy, sustainability and integrity, but all 16 countries surveyed in the 2011 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index are under stress from economic...
Monday Movers
KPMG snags Mercer partner, Mercer poaches from NEST, BlackRock, BlueBay, ICI, Impax, Man Group, Aviva, Barings
ICI launches global trade body
GLOBAL - The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has launched ICI Global, a London-based trade association focused exclusively on globally active funds - including regulated US and non US funds.
Global Pensions Awards: Have you voted yet?
Don't forget to have your say on which providers deserve to land on the shortlist for the Global Pensions Awards 2012!
Week on the web
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
Pensions account for $30trn in assets under management
GLOBAL - Pension fund assets accounted for almost $30trn of investment manager assets worldwide in 2010, research by TheCityUK shows.
State Street reaches $10trn milestone
GLOBAL - State Street has crossed the $10trn mark in client assets serviced by its investment analytics team, the company has confirmed.
EFAMA sets out two-year plan
GLOBAL - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has unveiled a five-step strategic plan to drive its agenda over the next two years.
Pensions expand sec lending to emerging markets
GLOBAL - A handful of sophisticated pension funds are expanding their securities lending programmes to include lending emerging markets securities, which rake in higher fees than their developed market counterparts, an eSecLending official said.
Schemes rein in investment horizons
GLOBAL - Pension funds and other institutional investors are favouring one-year investment strategies as they attempt to limit their risk exposure, research by MSCI suggests.
Monday Movers
GLOBAL - JLT Investment Solutions, New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association Board, AXA Investment Managers, BlackRock, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, F&C Investments, RPMI, Oddo Asset Management
LCP adds Mexico, Russia and CIS to international network
GLOBAL - LCP is expanding its international network into Mexico, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, with the addition of two new member firms.
Week on the web
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
Investor confidence up in Europe and Asia
GLOBAL - Investor confidence rose by 1.8 points to 88.9 in September thanks to gains in Europe and Asia, research by State Street shows.
EM debt could face 'systemic crisis'
GLOBAL - Emerging economies would face a systemic crisis if foreign investors, who own one-third of EM local currency debt markets, begin to pull out their cash, fund managers have warned.
GP Awards are now open for nominations!
Which service providers do you think should make the shortlist?
Investors call for sustainability breakdown in annual reports
GLOBAL - A coalition of institutional investors is to call on United Nations member states to develop a global policy framework requiring listed companies to integrate sustainability information within their annual report and accounts.
Week on the web
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
Investors demand greater liquidity from hedge funds
GLOBAL - Three quarters of institutional investors are looking for greater liquidity in their hedge fund investments following the financial crisis, research by Preqin shows.
Uncovered: the hedge fund that made 78% in August
GLOBAL - Hedge funds overall lost 2.3% in August - a poor month by their own standards - but this average figure for the $2trn industry masks eye-watering numbers some individual managers are now posting to data providers.
Monday Movers
GLOBAL - USS; Record Currency Management; BlackRock; First State; West Midlands; Mn Services;
Institutional investors concerned by HFT
GLOBAL - More than two-thirds of institutional investors are concerned about the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) on the equities market, research has found.
Longevity asset class 'compelling opportunity' - conference
GLOBAL - The development of longevity as an asset class continues to grow as longevity risk becomes increasingly recognised, experts believe.
