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Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the rising trend towards timber investment and the many routes investors can take

EUROPE - The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a new programme to help pension funds understand water-related investment risks.

NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP will increase Dutch civil servants' pensions by 0.45% in 2010 to partially reflect the average growth in wages in the government and education sectors.

NETHERLANDS - Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP chairman Ed Nijpels said he is ready to resign should the investigation on the collapse of DSB bank involve him.

THE NETHERLANDS - Pension fund investor APG has appointed Angelien Kemna as chief investment officer of APG and chief executive of APG Asset Management.

Emma Oakman looks at the mounting problems of the securities lending industry and asks leading figures how current events will affect supply and demand