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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.

SWITZERLAND/GLOBAL - Swiss alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners has closed three private equity funds after raising $4.1bn from institutional investors.

EUROPE - The trade associations for securities lenders such as pension funds, and for hedge funds, have each criticized key planks in European Commission proposals to regulating short selling, issued today.

UGANDA - Uganda's National Social Security Fund is signing on new asset managers to help it manage its equities portfolio.

SOUTH KOREA/EUROPE - The National Pension Service of Korea has hired Rockspring Property Investment Managers to invest $400m in commercial property across Europe.

GLOBAL - Fidelity International is changing its name to ‘Fidelity Investment Managers' in an effort to better reflect the group's primary focus.

GLOBAL - Funds touting socially responsible investment strategies have not proven to outperform more traditional funds and did not safeguard assets during the financial crisis, research from EDHEC-Risk Institute shows.

GLOBAL - Goldman Sachs Asset Management said its global chief investment officer will retire by year-end, while the firm announced the promotion of Jim O'Neill to the new role of chairman.

GLOBAL - A group of institutional investors with some $558bn in assets under management are urging global stock exchanges to require listed companies to report how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact their businesses.

GLOBAL - The FTSE Group has axed eight companies from its FTSE4Good Global Index Series, including petroleum giants BP.