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GLOBAL - Overlay Asset Management and BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking have teamed up to launch an index in a bid to help schemes preserve the purchasing power of currency allocations.

UBS; Schroders; BNP Paribas Investment Partners; Dalriada Trustees; Vebnet; J O Hambro Investment Management

GLOBAL - World population growth, climate change and other issues are transforming sustainability into a key issue for institutional investors, research by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) suggests.

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.

GLOBAL - Investment fund assets worldwide increased by 3% to €17.47trn ($24trn) at the end of the second quarter of 2010, research shows.

GLOBAL - Pension funds are struggling to define sustainability with many automatically lumping thematic funds, like clean technology, into sustainable portfolios, said RCM.

GP is proud to announce the 10th annual Global Pensions Awards are now open for nominations. In honour of our 10th anniversary, we've included a new Decade of Distinction Award.

MSRPS; SSgA; Baillie Gifford & Co; BlackRock; Mercer; Matrix Group; International SOS; Nestlé; HSBC.

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.

GLOBAL - A greater level of transparency is needed when ETF providers lend out securities held within their funds, according to industry experts.