Regions

GLOBAL - Northern Trust has published its first corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, outlining its actions in 2010 and targets for 2011.

GLOBAL - Implementing a responsible investment strategy need not be at the expense of strong returns and can actually help pension funds make better investment choices, Swedish pension funds heard.

EUROPE - Total assets managed in Europe bounced back to €13.8trn ($19.8trn)at the end of 2010, research from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) shows.

EUROPE - A European parliamentary committee has backed proposals to exempt pension funds from rules forcing them to clear over-the-counter derivative transactions through central counterparties.

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GLOBAL - Attempts to move away from the US dollar as the currency reserve are ‘fraught with danger' said Paul Chappell, chief investment officer at currency manager C-View.

SWEDEN/US - Swedish pension buffer fund AP2 and US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF have formed a joint venture targeting agricultural real estate.

EUROPE - J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Professor Paul Sweeting as European head of the Strategic Investment Advisory Group (SIAG).

EUROPE - European investors' enthusiasm for high-yield assets declined in the second quarter of this year, though they remain favourites, according to Fitch's latest European senior fixed income investor survey.

GLOBAL - Funds-of-hedge-funds managers are beginning to target smaller investors as larger institutions increasingly invest directly, research by Standard & Poor's suggests.