AUSTRALIA - The median balanced superannuation fund has fallen for the fifth consecutive month returning -1.8%, -4.9% for the September quarter and -3.8% for the past year, SuperRatings finds.

FRANCE - The Fonds de reserve pour les retraites' funding ratio fell to 132%, dropping 11 percentage points from June's value due to decreasing interest rates on 10-year bonds.

Institutional investors with over $20trn (£12.7bn) in assets are urging global policy makers to create policies that encourage private sector investment in climate change solutions.

GLOBAL -Institutional investors with over $20trn in assets are urging global policy makers to create policies that encourage private sector investment in climate change solutions.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds SABIC Innovative Plastics has appointed State Street Corporation to provide custody and other services for its €700m ($970m) in assets.

EUROPE - The majority of European institutional investors believe the euro will survive in its current form, but a recent survey finds the UK harbours the most sceptics.

FRANCE - Global sovereign wealth funds with over $9trn in assets are meeting to discuss ways to boost global economic growth, including the potential use of new financial instruments like "loyalty shares" or "capital access bonds".

US - The $6bn San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association (SBCERA) has selected Don Pierce as its new chief investment officer (CIO).

NETHERLANDS/US - Dutch pension fund APG and the US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF have joined forces to invest in five US shopping malls valued at $1.5bn.

CANADA - CPP Investment Board (CPPIB) and Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, have teamed up to build the Royal Bank of Canada's new Toronto headquarters.