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GLOBAL - Nissan Motors has appointed Mercer as global retirement consultant in a bid to strengthen its pensions governance structures.

GLOBAL - High fees are dampening the demand for opportunistic real estate investment, Towers Watson warned.

GLOBAL - The rebound in market liquidity since the credit crunch has spelled good news for some pension funds locked into hedge funds during the crisis, as some prominent funds have returned cash to investors sometimes years earlier than expected.

GLOBAL - Transparency and liquidity risk have overtaken poor performance as the top concerns for institutional investors with hedge fund allocations, research shows.

GLOBAL - A coalition of 141 institutional and individual investors has demanded oil giant Shell report on the investment risks associated with its controversial Canadian oil sands project.

GLOBAL - Pension funds could be neglecting their fiduciary responsibilities by ignoring the growing opportunities in climate change-related sectors, an investment bank suggested.

GLOBAL - Hedge funds have posted their best year since 1999, but the average manager is still marginally short of recouping losses suffered during the credit crunch.

GLOBAL - A strong majority of global pension fund investors believe active managers have the ability to deliver alpha, a new survey by Pyramis Global Advisors found.

Caroline Allen reports on the successful recovery of many emerging market economies from the global recession, where rising corporate sales and high levels of foreign exchange reserves have lowered their risky reputation

GLOBAL - ETFs are experiencing explosive product growth and offer untapped potential for institutional investors, according to a State Street report.