All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 101

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    AP6 invests in hedge fund index

    2007-07-04T15:30:00Z

    SWEDEN – The SEK17.2bn (€1.9bn) Sixth buffer fund AP6 is the first investor in the newly-created Investable Nordic Hedge Fund Index by Swedish bank SEB.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-07-04T14:45:00Z

    GLOBAL – Baring, Watson Wyatt, Pictet, Jupiter, Blackrock, Liability Solutions, DWP, AMF, HSBC, Luzern, SWIP, ABN Amro, GASB

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    Northern Trust under review at Strathclyde

    2007-07-03T16:08:31Z

    [17:07 CEST 03-07] UK - The £9.6bn (€14.1bn) Strathclyde pension fund is looking for a custodian.

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    IPE-QUEST: $100m REIT mandate

    2007-07-02T16:07:06Z

    NETHERLANDS – A Dutch institutional investor is looking for a real estate manager via IPE-Quest.

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    Aegon to merge Polish pension funds

    2007-07-02T16:06:50Z

    POLAND – Dutch financial group Aegon is to create Poland's fifth largest pension fund in the wake of its acquisition of the pension fund subsidiary of BRE Bank.

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    BonyM merger completed

    2007-07-02T16:05:03Z

    GLOBAL – The Bank of New York and Mellon have announced the finalisation of their merger that creates the largest custodian with over $18trn (€13.3trn) in assets under custody and administration.

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    Austrian civil servants to get Pensionskasse

    2007-07-02T16:03:25Z

    AUSTRIA – The government has endorsed a proposal by the court of auditors to set up a Pensionskasse for up to 100,000 federal civil servants.

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    Swiss public schemes told to get fully funded

    2007-06-29T16:02:21Z

    [17:02 CEST 29-06] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) wants to see all local and federal authority pension schemes on a 100% funding level by 2038.

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    HSBC bank scheme names new managers

    2007-06-29T16:01:10Z

    [17:01 CEST 29-06] UK – The £10.5bn (€15.6bn) HSBC Bank UK pension scheme has appointed Ashmore and AXA Investment Management in a portfolio revamp.

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    TFR use for pensions "disappointing" - Candylaftis

    2007-06-29T16:00:52Z

    [17:00 CEST 29-06] ITALY – Only a small number of Italians have chosen to put their severance pay TFR into pension funds but the pension industry will grow, asset manager Francis Candylaftis is convinced.

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    AP4 seeks Asian equities managers

    2007-06-28T16:01:36Z

    [17:01 CEST 28-06] SWEDEN – The fourth buffer fund Fjärde AP-fonden is tendering for management of €1.5bn in Japanese and Pacific equities.

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    Aranykor gets new managing director

    2007-06-28T16:01:13Z

    [17:01 CEST 28-06] HUNGARY – The HUF92bn (€372m) Aranykor Pension Fund has named Krisztina Kulyassa as new managing director.

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    Feri sells Fund Market Information

    2007-06-28T16:00:42Z

    [17:00 CEST 28-06] UK/GERMANY – Fund research specialist Feri Fund Market Information (Feri FMI) is to become part of Lipper, Reuters' specialist fund subsidiary.

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    IPE-QUEST: Laborfonds adds investment lines

    2007-06-28T15:58:44Z

    [16:58 CEST 28-06] ITALY – The €451m Laborfonds is seeking managers for a guaranteed and an ethical investment line as well as for a European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.

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    Norwegian giant tenders tax advice

    2007-06-27T15:58:15Z

    NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is seeking a tax adviser on investments of the NOK1.88trn (€236.3bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.

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    France half way to solving pension issue - OECD

    2007-06-27T15:49:11Z

    FRANCE – Complex tax and overgenerous benefits for public transport workers are holding up pension reform, according to the OECD.

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    Wednesday people roundup

    2007-06-27T15:42:17Z

    GLOBAL – EFAMA, Aon Consulting, Portuguese reserve fund, Hermes, Mellon, Jupiter, Sacker, Halbis

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    Swiss and UK funds win tax refund

    2007-06-26T16:07:14Z

    UK/SWITZERLAND – UK pension funds investing in Swiss companies will get their tax at source on dividends refunded under a new amendment to bilateral agreements signed today.

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    London & Capital doubles assets

    2007-06-26T15:59:05Z

    GLOBAL – London & Capital reported a rise in assets under management to over $3bn (€2.23bn) from $1.6bn in 2005.

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    PPF confirms chair

    2007-06-25T15:31:18Z

    [16:31 CEST 25-06] UK – Lawrence Churchill has been reappointed as chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).