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GLOBAL - The impact of changing demographics will push pension plans away from equities towards bonds in the future, a UBS report has claimed.

GLOBAL - Crédit Agricole has rebranded its alternative investment group with new name "Crédit Agricole Asset Management Alternative Investments".

GLOBAL - Allocations to global emerging markets can diversify pension fund portfolios and boost returns, Aberdeen Asset Management has claimed.

GLOBAL - A global organisation of trade unions has criticised the World Bank's work on pension reform for being too focused on privatisation.

EUROPE - Joaquín Almunia, European commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, has claimed the poor design of public pensions systems will "foster unrealistic expectations" if not revised.

GLOBAL - Russell Investment Group has launched an active currency multi manager, and said investors had missed out on past currency opportunities.

GLOBAL - The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a proposal that would require companies to report the funded status of their pension plan on their balance sheets.

SLOVENIA - The International Monetary Fund has called for pension reform in Slovenia, with a new notional account system and increased retirement age mooted as possible solutions.

GLOBAL - The majority of institutions responding to State Street's latest hedge fund study said they planned to add new hedge fund and private equity managers to their current manager line-up in the coming year.

EUROPE - Allianz Global Investors Europe CEO Elizabeth Corley has been appointed chairman of the Forum of European Asset Managers (FEAM), replacing Axa Investment Managers' Nicolas Moreau. Corley, who was elected to FEAM's management committee in May...