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Equities feel pain of pensions exposure; Pension fears threaten to derail sale of Comet

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GERMANY - Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) has published a list of corporate governance principles for German listed companies.

Almost none of the Global Pensions 100 Panel believe the US dollar will be replaced by the yuan as the world's reserve currency.

S&P's decision to downgrade the US has tempted none of the Global Pensions 100 Panel with holdings in US Treasuries to sell.

AUSTRALIA - Asset Super and CareSuper are in discussion about a possible merger, their chairmen have confirmed.

UK - Aegon's asset management capabilities in the UK has officially been re-branded as Kames Capital today.

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Northern Trust has appointed Rohan Singh as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand business.

UK/AUSTRALIA - Logica has linked up with Australian superannuation exchange SuperChoice to offer UK pension providers a streamlined product to process contributions under auto-enrolment.

The aggregate deficit of UK defined benefit schemes improved by £15bn last month despite market volatility, thanks to price inflation outlook, Xafinity Corporate Solutions says.