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US - The growth of the US ETF market is likely to be driven by active ETFs as a number of potential new issuers are seeking to list them, according to the New York Stock Exchange.

Recently released year-end results show assets under management for Japanese asset managers were down 12% in the year ended March 31, as Gavin Blair reports

APG Group; BNY Mellon; Dreyfus Corporation; Northern Trust; TRS; QIC; AXA Investment Managers; Acadian Asset Management; BlackRock; Aon Risk Solutions; SSgA; Mercer; RBC Dexia Investor Services; Schroders

US - The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board plans to issue requests for proposals for managers to run its $150bn in external assets currently managed by BlackRock.

UK pension schemes are actively selecting bond managers for specialist mandates to diversify and reduce risk. Andrew Short examines the changing attitudes to fixed income and bond allocations.

US - The ETF market reached $1.4trn at the end of the first half as ETF growth continued, according to BlackRock's Industry Review H1 2011.

UK - BlackRock veteran Deborah Fuhr is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London as head of its Global Delta One Strategy, according to a source close to the bank.

The University of Reading has set up a new defined contribution pension scheme with BlackRock ahead of upcoming auto-enrolment obligations.

Lothian Pension Fund is tendering for new global equity managers following the appointment of Invesco Perpetual and Baillie Gifford to run its separate Pan Asia Pacific equity mandates.