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Including: US - Institutional investors move to outsourcing; EUROPE - Study shows extent of equity derivatives use; UK - West Yorkshire seeks actuary

THE Pensions Management Institute has announced details of its reshaped 2009 Spring Conference.

GLOBAL - Two thirds of private equity investors (LPs) will have little or no capacity for new fund commitments by this time next year, Coller Capital's latest Global Private Equity Barometer has claimed.

JAPAN - Nissan MotorCo has established a global governance structure to manage its pension plan exposure around the world.

US - November saw the worst performance for pensions since the crash of 1987, according to data from BNY Mellon Asset Management.

UK - Almost 70% of employees believe they will take up auto-enrolment into an occupational pension from 2012, government research claims.

GLOBAL - An alliance of investors, collectively managing US$1.5trn, have urged 100 of the world's biggest companies to join an initiative that will improve their policies and practices around the use of water.

PENSION funds abandoning diversification strategies as a response to losses caused by market turmoil could miss investment opportunities, asset managers warn.

ZURICH is to enter the group risk market early next year with the launch of Zurich Corporate Risk.

The option for trustees to commute small "stranded pension pots" of less than £2000 has been put on hold until the middle of 2009.