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Germany: BaFIN to rule on hedge fund investments
GERMANY- Financial regulator BaFIN says it will issue its rules on how pension funds and insurance companies can invest in hedge funds later this year.
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Covip approves first Italian public scheme for 1.1 million teachers
ITALY- Pension regulator Covip, Commissione di Vigilanza sui Fondi Pensione has given the go-ahead to the first government-backed pension scheme aimed at public employees, Fondo Scuola Espero.
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CSFB names European transition management head
EUROPE – Credit Suisse First Boston says it has hired Graham Dixon from crossing network E-Crossnet as head of European transition management.
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Luxembourg and Ireland have “edge” on pensions pooling - consultant
EUROPE - Luxemburg and Ireland have “an edge” with double taxation treaties, the legislation for pensions investment pooling vehicles, according to a leading pension consultant.
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Mellon Global names head of consultant relations
UK - Mellon Global Investments has named William Battersby as head of consultant relations, reporting to Pauline Stuart, head of institutional business in Europe.
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UK’s Durham appoints actuary, seeks advisers
UK - The 850 million-pound (1.23 billion-euros) Durham County Council Pension Fund has appointed Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow as scheme actuary and says it is looking for advisers.
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FundPartners consultant joins State Street arm
EUROPE - State Street's Princeton Financial Systems says it has hired a consultant from Netherlands-based pensions consulting firm FundPartners.
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Firms back European pension directive – Hewitt
EUROPE – Multinational companies in Europe “would welcome” the opportunity to have a single fund to finance their European Union-based pension obligations, according to a new survey by Hewitt Associates.
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Munsters has cheap E1m mortgage with PGGM
NETHERLANDS – Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer of 53 billion-euro Dutch healthcare fund PGGM, has a discounted mortgage loan of almost one million euros with the fund.
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Dispute over size of French SRI market
FRANCE – A dispute has emerged over the size of the French SRI market, with estimates that the market is worth up to 4.5 billion euros criticised as “Alice in Wonderland”.
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Lancashire awards custody amid wider revamp
UK - The 2.4 billion-pound (3.56 billion-euro) Lancashire County Council Pension Fund says it will appoint ABN Amro Mellon as its custodian.
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Aon names McKinlay head of investment practice
UK – Aon Consulting has named Ian McKinlay as head of its investment practice.
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Comet appoints Punter Southall as consultant
UK - Punter Southall & Co says it has been appointed as actuaries and consultants to the 100 million-pound (149 million-euro) pension fund of retailer Comet Group.
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Hedge fund market “overheated” - Greenwich
GLOBAL – Greenwich Associates has warned of possible “overheating” in the hedge fund market – driven in part by a flood of pension capital.
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CalPERS says it beats benchmark by over 2%
US – CalPERS has said it returned 29.6% in the one-year period to the end of March, taking its assets to 165.8 billion dollars and beating its benchmark by more than two percent.
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T-Mobile awards actuarial consulting to Mercer
UK – Mercer Human Resource Consulting says it has been appointed to provide actuarial consulting services to the pension scheme of mobile phone firm T-Mobile.
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Hammonds names senior pensions solicitor
UK - Law firm Hammonds says it has appointed Clifford Sims as senior pensions solicitor.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch pension fund tenders real estate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch consultant has tendered 10 million euros in real estate for a Dutch pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss pension fund tenders EM debt
SWITZERLAND - Geneva-based consultant MBS Capital has tendered around 25 million dollars in actively managed global emerging markets debt on behalf of a Swiss pension fund via IPE-Quest.
