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 Edition 24 - November 2007

• Fifth annual carbon disclosure project launched
• European Investment Forum
• Is shareholder activism here to stay?
• Long/short equity: the theory and practice
• Mercer voted European investment consultancy of the year - top for the fifth consecutive year
• Passive hedge fund investing
• Quants and the sub-prime fallout
• Time to bring operational risks to light
• To diversify or not to diversify?

  Edition 23 - August 2007

• 2006 Manager search trends
• Active extension strategies - Relaxing the long-only constraint
• Equity options for pension funds
• Mercer Sentinel®
• To diversify or not to diversify?
• US private and public real estate investment returns in 2007 likely to lag a strong 2006
• Weight of money

  Edition 22 - April 2007

• 2007 European asset allocation
• Alpha alternatives
• Asia Pacific Investment Focus 2007
• Asia Pacific perspectives
• Aus/NZ investment surveys
• Canadian pooled fund survey index
• International property investment
• US institutional plans post positive fourth-quarter returns

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