Regions

UGANDA - Uganda's state pension fund reported a return of 7% on members' contributions for the year to June, chairman Vincent Ssekkono said.

GLOBAL - Investor confidence fell in Europe and the US in September despite a rally in equities, research by State Street Global Markets (SSGM) shows.

US - The South Carolina public pension fund's plan to create a company to manage private-equity assets should be held up pending legislative and administrative review, according to a spokesman for state Treasurer Converse Chellis.

GLOBAL - Expectations for average total property returns are falling sharply around the globe as economic uncertainty, reduced access to financing and increased supply take their toll, research has warned.

GLOBAL - Platinum and palladium will become more important investments for pension funds, said Shayne McGuire, director of global research at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

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EUROPE - Nearly half of all European pension funds are imprecisely modelling their liability hedging portfolios, a new survey by EDHEC-Risk Institute finds.

EUROPE/US - Northern Trust (NT) is to transition hedge funds managed by Signina Capital AG from offshore domiciles to Luxembourg in response to growing investor demand for tighter governance.

SOUTH KOREA/US - South Korea's National Pension Service has hired The Townsend Group to invest $300m in real estate in North and South America.

EUROPE - The European Commission will start a search for candidates to run three new regulators for the region's banking, securities and pension industries.