Regions

US - The Teacher Retirement System of Texas' strong returns of 12.6% in the year ended September 30 has allowed the scheme to pay $9.7m in current and deferred bonuses to its staff.

State Street Global Advisors; Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Schroders; Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec; Pension Corporation; Russell Indexes; Arnerich Massena; Natixis Global Associates.

EUROPE - PIMCO is partnering with exchange-traded product provider Source to offer fixed income ETFs in Europe, marking PIMCO's entry into the European ETF market.

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.

GLOBAL - Investment managers have been forced to lower fees for non-traditional asset classes as schemes look to cut operational costs, Mercer research reveals.

The austerity measures that swept through Europe in 2010 took their toll on pension systems. Richard Lowe reports

NETHERLANDS/ASIA - Dutch life insurance and pension company Aegon is to reorganise its loss-making operations in Asia to benefit more from high growth prospects in the region.

GLOBAL - The Chinese could challenge Americans as the world's largest consumers by 2025, and will more than compensate for any US sluggishness, Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman Jim O'Niell believes.

The Global Pensions 100 Panel is split over the fate of the eurozone, our survey found.

ASIA - Japan's Nikko Asset Management is strengthening its presence among institutional investors as it announced a deal to buy key parts of rival DBS Asset Management this morning.