CANADA - Canadian pension funds kept mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the country afloat in the third quarter, according to PwC.

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP would like to invest in local infrastructure but a lack of ‘political focus' has led to a dearth of appropriate opportunities.

CANADA/US - Canadian pension fund the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is opening a New York office to access key private market investments in the US.

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US - Bank of New York Mellon is on the receiving end of yet another lawsuit surrounding its foreign currency exchange practices, this time for allegedly marking up trades executed on behalf of the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board...

DENMARK - Danish pension fund ATP returned 4.2%, or DKK15.7bn ($3bn), in the first three quarters of the year, bringing total assets under management to DKK554bn.

CANADA - The nascent Canadian longevity risk transfer market could hit $20bn by 2020, Swiss Re finds.

US - Telecommunications companies AT&T and Verizon Communications could face increased pension payments next year as their liabilities soar to a combined $73.2bn, according to an analyst note from Bernstein Research, a unit of AllianceBernstein.

IRELAND - An Irish construction company director has been convicted for failing to pass on employee pension contributions to the Construction Worker Pension Scheme (CWPS).

ASIA - Asia ex-Japan and Australian assets are set to double by 2015, reaching $4tr, according to a recent study by Cerulli Associates.