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The final months of last year saw a dearth of buyout activity due to uncertainty stemming from a lack of Consumer Prices Index-linked instruments, Punter Southall says.

AustralianSuper and Cbus, Credit Suisse, BlackRock, First State Investments, Barings, RBC Dexia

Just a quarter of the UK pensions industry supports plans to make all schemes compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards, a poll shows.

Chilled food maker Uniq's losses have fallen following the pioneering debt-for-equity deal which saw its pension fund take a majority share-holding.

David Prosser: Visit London - and see Boris Johnson's little pensions scandal; US states face big pension gap

The Pensions Regulator must become "more engaged, more relevant and responsive" in its dealing with employers sponsoring defined contribution schemes, JLT Benefit Solutions says.

NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP saw its liabilities drop by €11bn ($16bn) in the first quarter primarily because of rising interest rates.

Global Pensions will be taking a break over the Easter holiday and will return on Tuesday, 26 April.

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has consolidated its real estate subsidiaries under the banner of the Ivanhoe Cambridge Group.

NETHERLANDS - PGGM increased its environmental, social and governance (ESG) allocation by €1.1bn ($1.6bn) to €3.7bn in 2010, its Annual Responsible Investment Report shows.