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GLOBAL - PIMCO's Bill Gross is urging investors to play the safe end of the credit space by shunning duration risk, as rising inflation hits yields.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

GLOBAL - Institutional investors are taking far longer to change investment managers or asset allocations than they did before the 2008 financial crisis, research by Mellon Transition Management (MTM) suggests.

GLOBAL - Northern Trust has published its first corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, outlining its actions in 2010 and targets for 2011.

GLOBAL - Implementing a responsible investment strategy need not be at the expense of strong returns and can actually help pension funds make better investment choices, Swedish pension funds heard.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

GLOBAL - Attempts to move away from the US dollar as the currency reserve are ‘fraught with danger' said Paul Chappell, chief investment officer at currency manager C-View.

GLOBAL - Funds-of-hedge-funds managers are beginning to target smaller investors as larger institutions increasingly invest directly, research by Standard & Poor's suggests.

GLOBAL - Russell Investments and Axioma have launched a suite of long-only factor-based indexes for US small and large cap equities. The ten indexes aim to provide institutional investors with vehicles to manage exposure to five risk factors within portfolios....

GLOBAL - US small cap growth was one of the best-performing asset classes in the first quarter of the year,with tope performer Sawgrass Asset Management posting returns of 21.5%, the latest PSN Top Guns list shows.