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US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) will begin debating this week maiden investments in microfinance.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pensions are set to rise by 0.4% on average to correct for wage and price increases, the latest quarterly bulletin by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) revealed.

With equities rebounding from their post credit crunch lows, Alison Swersky examines how managers have responded and what they believe the future holds

NETHERLANDS - APG, the asset management arm of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP, has dismissed two investment professionals for violating the company's code of conduct.

NETHERLANDS - Financial services watchdog Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) halted their investigation over Ed Njipels' role in the collapse of DSB Bank because he resigned as chairman of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP....

NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP chairman Ed Nijpels has resigned due to his involvement in the investigation over the collapse of DSB bank last year.

GLOBAL - Dutch pension provider ABP and US pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System posted 2009 results of 20.2% and 11.8% respectively.

NETHERLANDS - Trustees at Dutch pension funds failed to fully understand the risks being taken in their portfolios, a new report by a government appointed committee found.

Lynn Strongin-dodds discusses how timber has outperformed both equities and bonds over a 20-year time horizon

NETHERLANDS - De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, said it plans to improve the risk management functions at local pension funds after a review of the industry found schemes took on too much investment risk.