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PRIVATE equity deals have benefited millions of pension scheme members, industry leaders told MPs.

SOUTH KOREA - The national pension fund has been linked with two domestic bank buyouts despite reportedly denying formal talks.

THE £28bn Universities Superannuation Scheme has urged the pharmaceutical industry to become more transparent on drug research.

Fury at private equity merger of AA and Saga; GLG completes New York listing; Banks ‘set to call in a swathe of loans'; Europe's hedge funds flock to London as they take on US rivals

NETHERLANDS - Proposals designed to encourage Dutch pension funds to finance infrastructure projects have been greeted with scepticism.

BANKS, insurers and members of the European Financial Services Round Table have produced a paper outlining a framework for a pan-European pension product.

UK EQUITY income is the best performing sector for institutional sales for the fifth month in a row according to the latest statistics from the Investment Management Association.

JPMORGAN Worldwide Securities Services has been awarded mandates for custody and related services by five mid-size pension funds.

INCLUDING: NETHERLANDS - ABN Amro saga rumbles on, UK - AXA IM launches currency fund, NETHERLANDS -ABP sorts out trades, CANADA - Actuaries call for change.

THE Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has urged the Institutional Shareholders Committee to recommend fund managers to publicly disclose comprehensive data on how they exercise voting rights.