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Muted return for Japan’s public pension fund

Global Pensions | 26 Feb 2010 | 15:11

JAPAN – A high allocation to domestic bonds held back returns at Japan’s public pension fund during the last three months of 2009.

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Religare will invest US$1bn in asset management firms

INDIA/US – Indian investment bank Religare Enterprises has announced a US$1bn commitment to make “strategic investments” in asset management businesses worldwide and has started by acquiring a stake in a US private equity firm.

Global Pensions | 23 Feb 2010

Pension assets worldwide up 14% in 2009

GLOBAL – Global pension assets totalled US$29.5trn at year end 2009, up 14% from the previous year, according to a report by the International Financial Services London.

Global Pensions | 22 Feb 2010

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FEATURES

India’s new pension scheme

Joseph Mariathasan explains how following a series of delays, India is set to launch its National Pension Scheme

Ready for the second coming

Japan took a significant blow in the economic downturn, but experts say the country is already making a comeback, as Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

Not just another BRIC in the wall

India is poised for significant growth following the recent general election, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports

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Video: interview with Jonathan Boersma, CFA Institute

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Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Jonathan Boersma, executive director, Global Investment Performance Standards, at the CFA Institute.

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Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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