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GLOBAL - Pension schemes fearing hedge fund fraud could be protected by an insurance product launched today by Protean Investment risks.

UK - Requests for help with pension scheme governance from trustees have doubled over the past 18 months, according to Hewitt Associates.

EUROPE - Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux has been awarded the Farsight Award for its 'Utilities vs Carbon: Phase II' research paper.

In the wake of the sub-prime crisis, Andrew Sheen examines European equities and finds that - the financial sector aside - large cap is the safest place to invest

Created in 1997 as part of a plan to revive the health of the ailing Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP IB) has gone from strength to strength. Andrew Sheen talks to senior vice president John Ilkiw

UK - Actuaries and employers' organisations have met the standing committee working on the Pensions Bill 2008 to promote risk sharing and the protection of current schemes.

PensionsFirst is set to offer UK pension funds a set of bonds aimed at immunising them from longevity as well as market and inflation risk. It claims it can do all of this cheaper than the bulk annuity buyout firms currently hunting the same schemes....

GLOBAL - Claims private equity fundraising has suffered aftershocks from the summer's credit crunch have been played down by industry professionals.

Controversial though it may seem, especially in view of recent events in Kenya, asset managers are claiming Africa is ripe for investment. Keren Holland weighs up their claims

INCREASING pressure has resulted in "struggling" trustees seeking more help than ever before, says Hewitt Associates.