Regions

Mercer; Threadneedle; Stamford Associates; Aberdeen Asset Management;PwC; Arcadian

GLOBAL - Introducing environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into an investor's stock selection process has no negative impact and is more likely to lead to outperformance over the longer term, research suggests.

UK/CANADA/US - The Court of Appeal today heard the final day of argument in the case between the administrators of Nortel and Lehmans and the UK Pensions Regulator.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

US - A vote on a Republican bill to raise the US's debt ceiling and prevent it from defaulting for the first time has been delayed.

CYPRUS - Cyprus is the latest nation to be slapped with a downgrade by Moody's, with its rating cut two notches over concerns the country is heading towards a bailout.

GLOBAL - Mercer has created a new global CIO role within its growing investment management business.

GLOBAL - Investor confidence rose by just 2.2 points in July from June's revised level of 98.9, research by State Street shows.

GLOBAL - Assets in the pension funds of OECD countries reached $19.13trn at the end of 2010, up from $19.07trn at the end of 2007, a new OECD report shows.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.