The $14.6bn Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension (LAFPP) is searching for a new emerging markets equity manager, Mena FM has learned

Private equity giant KKR has been granted a licence to operate in Saudi Arabia by the market regulator Capital Markets Authority

Belgian pension fund Antwerpse Waterwerken is planning to begin an emerging markets allocation, with at least 1% of the fund exposed to emerging markets by the end of 2011, Mena FM has learned

AC Transit Retirement Board has hired Eaton Vance/Parametric and City of London to manage its emerging markets allocation, Mena FM can reveal

Investors are stalling on the UAE and Qatar until MSCI reaches a decision on reclassification, according to industry sources.