Regions

US - Acadian Asset Management has launched an emerging markets equities version of its managed volatility strategy and has already secured a $100m mandate from a US pension fund, the firm said.

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MENA - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) still offer investors attractive opportunities despite the current political turmoil, ING Investment Management believes.

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US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) terminated AllianceBernstein and Capital Guardian Trust from domestic large-cap equity mandates worth a combined $2.5bn.

ASIA - Allianz Global Investors has signaled further expansion into Asia's pension market as a key medium-term objective.

GLOBAL - Axa, Europe's second-biggest insurer, said its funds investing in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities may more than triple their assets in the next five years, helped by demand from pension managers.

EUROPE - The European Court of Justice ruling on sex discrimination to could lead to a worsening of pension income in retirement.

GLOBAL - Volatility in the fixed income markets will provide a good source of returns for bond investors in 2011, industry experts said.