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GLOBAL - Superannuation and pension funds in Australia are being encouraged to adopt best practice in managing the risks and opportunities of climate change, through an initiative launched by minister for superannuation and corporate law Senator Nick...

INCLUDING: UK - Cardano wins Thales UK Pension Scheme mandate; GLOBAL - Global investor confidence falls; UK - Govt urged to provide PA default option; UK - LPFA tenders for actuary

Including: SWITZERLAND - SAM founder and CEO quits; UK - Firm's appetite for pension risk on the wane; US - CB Richard Ellis chairman to leave

GLOBAL - Aging populations and changing mortality assumptions are the greatest threat to the long term viability of pension schemes, major consultants have again claimed.

GLOBAL - Exchange traded fund (ETF) providers have moved to reassure investors their products are safe, following the recent market turmoil that saw more than 100 exchange traded commodities (ETCs) suspended.

INCLUDING: UK - Lehman applies for PPF bailout; UK - Paternoster secures pensions for TI Group; GLOBAL - Companies request clarity on climate change regulation; UK- Dundee Uni appoints Xafinity

GLOBAL - Pension funds in the US and Europe have restricted their securities lending activities as regulators in the US and UK announced a clampdown on short selling of financial stocks.

GLOBAL - A global network has been created to bring together institutional investors and academics in a bid to advance responsible investment.

GLOBAL - Samena Capital, a new asset manager, has launched, promising to "revive the value proposition of the old silk route".

Including: UK - P-Solve appoints investment officer; AFRICA - New fund launch; KOREA - Barings establishes Seoul office