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Strong take-up in German corporate pensions
GERMANY – Take-up in German company-sponsored pension schemes has risen substantially – and is developing into a “new strong pillar”, a new report says.
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Hewitt hires Swiss pension fund body’s Walser
SWITZERLAND – Hewitt Associates has hired the president of the Swiss Pension Fund Federation, Hermann Walser.
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Fidelity hires ex-Henderson client director Pine
UK – Fidelity Investments has hired Julie Pine, a former client director at Henderson Global Investments.
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Goldman hires Morgan Stanley’s van Bezooyen
UK – Goldman Sachs has confirmed it has hired Morgan Stanley European pension executive Jeroen van Bezooyen.
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Italy’s Laborfonds tenders bond, equity mandates
ITALY – Laborfonds, the 190 million-euro pension fund for employees of the Trentino Alto Adige region, has tendered a global bond and a global equity mandate - both worth 10 million euros each.
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IAS19 seen as major issue for Dutch funds
NETHERLANDS – The pensions accounting standard IAS19, which immediately recognises a scheme’s actuarial gains and losses, is being seen as a major issue for Dutch pension funds.
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Campina pension fund names new director
NETHERLANDS – The 800 million-euro pension fund of Dutch dairy conglomerate Campina has appointed Henk Vis as director.
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Enhanced equities tendered via IPE-Quest
UK - A UK investment consultant has tendered a global enhanced equities mandate worth 170 million pounds (253.3 million euros) via IPE-Quest.
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Denmark’s PKA taps SSGA for enhanced US equities
DENMARK – The 9.7 billion-euro pension administration company Pensionskassernes Administration has appointed State Street Global Advisors to run 100 million-dollars (78.6 million-euros) in enhanced US equities.
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SEI names sales director for Germany
GERMANY - Asset manager SEI has named Nadine Fugert as sales director for Germany, to be based in Munich.
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Consultants late to hedge funds – HSBC hedge CEO
UK – The chief executive of HSBC’s fund of hedge fund business Republic says pension consultants have been late in realising the benefits of hedge funds.
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SGAM is top French asset manager – survey
FRANCE - Societe Generale Asset Management has ousted CDC Ixis as the top asset manager in France, according to a new survey.
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PGGM’s de Beus joins F&C board
NETHERLANDS/UK – Dick de Beus, outgoing chairman of the 53 billion-euro Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund PGGM, is to join the board of asset manager F&C Management.
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Bulgaria raises 2nd-pillar contributions
BULGARIA – The Bulgarian government says it has raised the share of social security contributions to second-pillar to three percent.
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Devon fund awards E678m to UBS, State Street
UK – The 1.2 billion-pound (1.8 billion-euro) Devon County Council Pension Fund has awarded 230 million-pound index-tracking mandates to both UBS and State Street.
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BaFIN set to unveil fund derivatives guidelines
GERMANY – Financial regulator BaFIN is set to introduce a set of guidelines covering the use of derivatives in investment funds.
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New president at Society of Pension Consultants
UK – Robert Birmingham has been named the president of the Society of Pension Consultants, and will take over from Donald Duval when he completes his two-year term at the end of May.
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Dutch pension fund in hedge tender via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has tendered a 10 million-euro hedge fund mandate via IPE-Quest.
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Air workers fund Prevaer tenders balanced briefs
ITALY - Airport workers’ industry-wide pension scheme Prevaer has tendered three balanced mandates worth around an expected six million euros each.
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European governance principles unveiled
EUROPE – The “equitable treatment of shareholders” is one of the tenets in a new set of European corporate governance principles unveiled by a group of consultants today.
