All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 103
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CEIOPS to study IORP interpretations
[17:01 CEST 15-06] EUROPE – The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) is investigating how many interpretations of the European Unions' IORP directive are likely to emerge.
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BP seeks new CIO
[17:00 CEST 15-06] UK – Colin Maltby is stepping down as head of investments of the BP Pension fund.
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Bosch chooses actuary
[16:56 CEST 15-06] GERMANY – White goods producer Bosch has chosen BodeHewitt as its pensions actuary for the company from 2008.
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AP1 head Sandeberg to retire
[11:58 CEST 15-06] SWEDEN – William af Sandeberg is stepping down as chief executive of the largest Swedish buffer fund AP1.
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Countries to disclose pension liabilities
[16:44 CEST 14-06] EUROPE – Pension liabilities of EU governments could soon be disclosed in a supplementary table of the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA).
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Contribution cap set for NPSS
[16:43 CEST 14-06] UK – A maximum of £3,600 (€5331) can be contributed by to the UK's National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS) bu an individual annually once launched in 2012, the government has announced today.
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Zürich outsources pensions
[16:39 CEST 14-06] SWITZERLAND – The pension scheme for the government staff in the Swiss canton Zürich will become a separate entity.
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Employer-guaranteed schemes decline hailed by Netspar
[12:58 CEST 14-06] GLOBAL – As fewer corporate sponsors guarantee pensions, employees are becoming less dependent and conflict of interest is reduced, Lans Bovenberg, director at the Dutch pension research institute Netspar, has suggested.
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Schroders named as Shetland manager
[12:57 CEST 14-06] UK – The Shetland Islands Council has named Schroders as the manager awarded a £20m (€29.6m) UK property mandate.
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Kosovo fund finds new head
[16:44 CEST 13-06] KOSOVO – The €241m Kosovan Savings Pension Trust (KSPT) has appointed Adrian Zalli as its new managing director.
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EU warns Italy TFR impact overestimated
[16:44 CEST 13-06] ITALY – Assets flowing into the newly-created INPS social security institute fund might not bring the expected relief to Italy's tight budget deficit situation, the European Commission has warned.
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PPF to create transition panel
[16:43 CEST 13-06] UK – The roughly £800m (€1.2bn) Pension Protection Fund (PPF) wants to recruit several managers for transition of pension assets.
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Oil alone not enough to support ageing Norway, IMF warns
[16:53 CEST 12-06] NORWAY – Reforming early retirement provisions is one of the most pressing issues to ensure a sustainable pension system in the future, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Norwegian government.
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Swiss pension cuts postponed
[16:52 CEST 12-06] SWITZERLAND – The second chamber of the Swiss parliament criticised its fellow parliamentarians for rushing a reform of the pension system.
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Pension fund interest in private equity rises 26%
[16:51 CEST 12-06] EUROPE – Private equity firms in Europe raised a record sum of €112bn in 2006, an increase of 56.4% from the year before, and pension funds contributed more than ever to this growth.
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Mercer seeks 30 consultants for pension risk group
[15:59 CEST 11/06] EUROPE – Mercer is pooling its accounting, funding and investment expertise in a European Financial Strategy Group (FSG) to advise corporate clients on pension fund risks.
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Greek intervention bonds JP Morgan deal
[15:56 CEST 11/06] GREECE – JP Morgan and the four pension funds involved in the disputed bond deal have reached a buy-back agreement.
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IPE QUEST: Lærernes in Japan search
[15:50 CEST 11/06] DENMARK – The DKK24.5bn (€3.3bn) Danish Teachers' Pension and Life (Lærernes Pension) is looking for a Japanese equities manager using IPE-QUEST.
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IORP review will include solvency - McCreevy
[12:58 CEST 11/06] EUROPE – A review of the IORP directive starting next year will consider a solvency system for pension arrangements, Charlie McCreevy, EU commissioner for Internal Market and Services, told a conference on Friday.
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Pension funds drive SRI boom in France
[13:15 CEST 08/06] FRANCE – Socially responsible investment (SRI) by institutions more than doubled in France last year.
