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JAPAN - Japanese pension funds plan to increase stock and bond investments in emerging markets to diversify their portfolios and boost returns, according to a survey by JPMorgan Chase's asset management business.

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2010.

EUROPE - Schemes still favour equities despite market volatility, a J.P. Morgan Asset Management survey revealed.

Schemes still favour equities despite market volatility, a J.P. Morgan Asset Management survey reveals.

SOUTH KOREA/UK - South Korea's National Pension Service has agreed to buy HSBC Holdings' London headquarters for £772.5m (US$1.3bn) in cash.

People must become more involved in their retirement provision ahead of significant changes to the pension landscape, a Pensions Policy Institute report warns.

Professional Pensions Conjecture

US - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has terminated the combined US$2.5bn mandates awarded to BlackRock, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and JPMorgan, but denies the move is a result of controversy surrounding the appointments.

With market returns low and DB deficits growing, trustees are turning to more aggressive investment strategies to plug the gap. Gill Wadsworth discusses the risks involved in this quest for alpha

German investors appear to have weathered the global crisis. Sebastian Cheek investigates how pension funds are positioned for the upturn