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AUSTRALIA - FTSE Group and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have unveiled a series of indices providing industry standard tax-adjusted benchmarks for superannuation funds.

Water is increasingly coming into investors' sights as despite its scarcity the potential for growth is vast, as Sebastian Cheek reports

GLOBAL - HSBC has unveiled its first European ETF, the HSBC FTSE100, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

US - The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has hired FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and HSBC Global Climate Change Index to invest a combined US$200m in green equity investments, the pension scheme announced.

INDIA - FTSE Group has partnered with India's stock exchange MCX-SX in order to offer a broad range of domestic and international indices to the Indian market.

With environmental issues increasingly affecting investment decisions, Will Oulton looks at how investment in this area is set to grow in the coming years

Massive market volatility has given investors a hair-raising ride over the past year and as yet there is no end in sight.