Regions

GLOBAL - BlueCrest Capital Management has moved its group head office to Guernsey and opened a Geneva trading centre in a further sign of hedge funds opening operations outside London, whose attraction as a financial centre is fading.

GLOBAL - Top US and Australian pension funds are supporting a resolution filed by a group of investors from all over the world asking British Petroleum (BP) to disclose information on oil sand projects.

AUSTRALIA - Compulsory government annuities envisaged by the interim report of the Henry review could be harmful to the ageing population, the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) warned.

In collaboration with Global Pensions, Data Explorers Consulting brings you the latest in global trends and analysis on securities lending. Ed Oliver explains how the Greece crisis has turned a spotlight on the shortselling of government bonds

Giovanni Legorano introduces the April 2010 issue of Global Pensions.

US/EUROPE - US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner has written to four European finance ministers urging them not to discriminate against foreign players in the alternative investment space as they continue negotiations on the Alternative Investment Fund...

EUROPE - Pension funds across Europe are still moving away from equities despite improving market conditions, Mercer research found.

GLOBAL - Institutional investors including pension funds are fighting back against being unexpectedly locked into their hedge fund investments, according to a global survey of them by Credit Suisse.

GLOBAL - The global private equity industry raised US$50.4bn in the first quarter of 2010, representing a 5% improvement from the last quarter of 2009, the latest report by Preqin revealed.

Check out the Global Pensions Awards 2010 Supplement, which complements this month's edition of the magazine. See photos of the ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on March 2, and read exclusive interviews with the winners.