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GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt Worldwide saw revenues in its investment consulting group rise by 5% between June and September as demand for advice on investment strategy increased.

GLOBAL - The global exchange traded fund (ETF) industry is set to explode, with assets projected to reach US$1trn next year and then double in 2010, data from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) reveals.

GLOBAL - The pension fund members of the Global Pensions 100 Panel are divided on the issue of whether it is right for government bodies to use public pension fund assets to provide emergency liquidity to stricken financial institutions.

GLOBAL - A guide for institutional hedge fund investors has been launched today by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).

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GLOBAL - Small and mid sized pension funds that invest through commingled funds will be able to access transition management services allowing them to change investment strategy through a newly launched service by BNY ConvergEx.

GLOBAL - Nearly half of the investors in the recently closed US$1.5bn UBS International Infrastructure Fund are pension funds predominantly from the UK, continental Europe and the US.

GLOBAL - Views on performance factors related to infrastructure have been taken for granted for too long and may be recalibrated by Moody's Investor Services to reflect new economic realities.

GLOBAL - Investors must diversify their allocations within a private equity portfolio to maximise the chances of generating consistent returns over the long term, Watson Wyatt has warned.

EUROPE - The global economic slowdown will increase available carbon trading licenses in the European emissions trading scheme (ETS) by almost half, lowering the price of carbon-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) and commodities (ETCs), analyst IDEAcarbon...