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UK/GLOBAL - Schemes must increase their skills in sustainability governance and publicly disclose how their responsible investment strategies are implemented, a UKSIF report urges.

Good news for investors bullish about emerging markets, and China in particular.

GLOBAL - BP will not pay dividends for the remainder of the year as it has to put us$20bn in a compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill.

UK/GLOBAL - BP directors will face "testing questions" from schemes in the wake of the firm's decision to suspend dividends for the remainder of the year, the National Association of Pension Funds said.

GLOBAL - The hedge fund industry's assets should surpass US$1.9trn, the record reached in mid-2008, as early as this year as US pension funds add money to the pools, investment consultant Casey Quirk & Associates LLC said.

GLOBAL/UK - Institutional fund of hedge funds Fauchier Partners has won investor backing for a novel lock-in on one of its flagship products.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster may not only be catastrophic for the environment.

Incisive Media, publisher of Global Pensions, has won the prestigious AOP Award for Best Digital Publisher - Business.

UK/GLOBAL - Strategy diversification is key to developing a currency portfolio that offers downside protection, currency experts said.

GLOBAL - The number of hedge fund portfolios closing last quarter rose for the first time in over a year, with funds of hedge funds leading the way.