Regions

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

Including: NETHERLANDS - Aberdeen senior appointment; UK - Pensions Regulator names executive director; UK - Barclays Pension Fund appoints CIO

AUSTRALIA/UK - Institutional investors in Australia are likely to increase their allocations to alternative investments over the next five years, according to FineAnswers.

NORTH AMERICA - Oil companies should be forced to factor in the carbon cost of extracting future reserves when reporting, according to a letter delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

GLOBAL - The convergence project between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US' Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is on track for completion in 2011, both bodies have said.