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EFRP seeks role in European accounting standards
EUROPE - The European Federation for Retirement Provision has sought membership of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s advisory forum.
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Allen & Overy names Burstow pension partner
UK – Law firm Allen & Overy has promoted pension specialist associate Dana Burstow to partner in its London office.
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'Pay to play' charge hits consultants
Is the pension fund consulting business afflicted by conflicts of interest even more so than the analyst-investment banker incestuous relationship? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for an answer to this disturbing question: that is why last December it opened a “fact-finding mission”, a broad examination of the ...
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Two Canadian funds tender E100m via IPE-Quest
CANADA - A Canadian investment consultant has tendered on behalf of two Canadian pension funds two mandates worth a total of 120 million US dollars (100.5 million euros).
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DeAM names new pensions head as Mössle leaves
GERMANY – Deutsche Asset Management has named Nikolaus Schmidt-Narischkin as the new head of corporate pensions following Klaus Mössle's departure for Fidelity Investments.
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Monarch taps Northern Trust for E90m
UK - Northern Trust is to manage a 60 million-pound (89.9 million-euro) manager-of-managers equities brief for the Monarch Airlines Ltd. Retirement Benefits Plan in the UK.
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UK acts to stop firms “dumping” liabilities
UK – The government has acted to deter companies from “dumping” their pension obligations onto the planned Pension Protection Fund with new clauses introduced into the pensions bill.
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LGIM wins E8.1bn in new institutional business
UK – Legal & General Investment Management won 5.4 billion pounds (8.1 billion euros) of new institutional business in the first quarter of 2004, a 93% increase on the same quarter a year ago.
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ECB’s own pension fund assets miss liabilities
EUROPE – The assets of the European Central Bank’s pension fund are less than its liabilities, according to the bank’s annual report for 2003.
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German pension fund tenders E60m via IPE-Quest
GERMANY- A German investment consultant has tendered a 60 million-euro segregated advisory mandate on behalf of a German pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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ECB wants fiscal measure to account for pensions
EUROPE – The vice president of the European Central Bank, Lucas Papademos, says pensions spending should be included in the way the sustainability of public finances is measured.
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CERP critical of half-completed Italian reform
ITALY – A top pensions academic, CERP’s Elsa Fornero, has called Italy’s plans on pensions “only half a reform”.
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Call for EU to prove itself on pensions
ITALY - The Greek member of the European Union’s Social Protection Committee, Platon Tinios, says the EU must prove itself on pensions.
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Janus CEO Whiston resigns with $13.7m
GLOBAL – Mark Whiston has resigned as chief executive of Janus Capital and will be succeeded as CEO by Steve Scheid, who remains chairman.
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Loweth steps down as AXA IM UK sales head
UK - Nigel Loweth has stepped down as head of UK institutional sales at AXA Investment Managers to become director for global consultant relations at the firm.
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HSBC Actuaries wins National Counties brief
UK - HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Ltd., says it has been appointed as investment consultants to the National Counties Building Society Pension and Life Assurance Scheme - initially to review investment strategy.
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Nordic institutions say SRI pays – survey
NORDIC – A majority of institutional investors in Sweden, Norway and Denmark say socially responsible investments deliver the same yield as other investments, according to SRI firm GES.
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HooverCandy taps Aon for extra actuarial work
UK – Appliance manufacturer HooverCandy Group has appointed Aon Consulting to provide actuarial services to a further three of its pension schemes.
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Putnam trustees “pleased” with $110m settlement
US – The head of Putnam’s funds trustee board says he is “pleased” with Putnam Investments’ 110 million-dollar market timing settlement with the SEC and the state of Massachusetts.
