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GLOBAL - HSBC Global Asset Management has launched the first CIVETS fund available to institutional investors.

GLOBAL - Some 93% of institutional hedge fund investors are considering increasing their allocation to the asset class over the next three years, suggesting a "significant" inflow of capital to come, research by Preqin suggests.

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 - Manager search activity increased in 2010 with emerging markets and alternative asset classes receiving most interest, research by Mercer reveals.

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.

Emma Cusworth looks at the increasing influence of Sovereign Wealth Funds

GLOBAL - Investors flocked back to equity funds in the fourth quarter of 2010 as appetite for bond funds fell, data from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) shows.

GLOBAL - PIMCO's Bill Gross has urged investors to look to emerging market debt as low rates and rising inflation present an immediate threat to portfolios and treasuries are set to be "overvalued for decades".

GLOBAL - Institutional investors who gain their global equity exposure through hiring regional managers may be exposed to unintended risk, Hermes Global Equities Advisors warns.

GLOBAL - BlackRock's Deborah Fuhr has called for greater scrutiny of the different exchange-traded products coming to market, following a number of regulator warnings.