All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 121
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DC risks are ‘better understood’
The challenges and problems of defined contribution (DC) schemes were among the points discussed at the Global Forum on Private Pensions organised by the OECD in conjunction with the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) at a conference in Istanbul. “The herd trend from traditional defined benefit (DB) to pure ...
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IPE AWARDS: Build stronger portfolios, schemes told
EUROPE - Pension funds should build stronger portfolios to brace themselves for worst-case scenarios rather than just researching them, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Paris was told today.
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Aberdeen goes to Luxembourg
EUROPE – Aberdeen Asset Managers is opening an institutional business development and client servicing office in Luxembourg.
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Hewitt nabs Robeco’s du Penhoat for France (amended)
FRANCE – Nicolas du Penhoat will be the head of Hewitt Associates' investment consulting for France.
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Barclays Global Investors’ Europe CEO to leave
GLOBAL – Nigel Williams, chief executive of Europe and Asia (excluding Japan) at Barclays Global Investors, is to retire in mid-2007 and be replaced by David Semaya.
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Unilever sets up pension hedge fund vehicle
GLOBAL – Unilever’s pension funds in 42 countries will soon be able to invest into funds of hedge funds via a vehicle created by Unilever Investments (Univest).
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Swedish blue-collar workers want white-collar pensions
SWEDEN – With the new collective DC scheme for Swedish white-collar workers set to come into effect in January, blue-collar workers are looking to get back to the negotiating table to get the same deal.
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Schroders, BBC keep mum on mandate report
UK – Both the BBC and Schroders have declined to comment on a newspaper report that the broadcaster has axed the asset manager from running a pension fund mandate.
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Bank of NY looking for European pensions head
EUROPE – The Bank of New York is looking to appointment someone to be responsible for its entire European pensions business, managing director Robert Darmanin said today.
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PWC names global investment management head
GLOBAL – PricewaterhouseCoopers has named Marc Saluzzi as the new global head of its investment management and real estate group.
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Pension funds behind venture capital boom – EVCA
EUROPE – Pension funds provided 43% of a considerable increase in venture capital fundraising last year, according to a new report by the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA).
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Private sector to deliver NPSS – Hutton
UK – The new personal accounts (NPSS) to be outlined in next week’s Pension Bill will be delivered by the private sector, says pensions secretary John Hutton.
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Russian pension fund clean-up attempt
RUSSIA – The Russian financial market regulator has started an attempt to clean up some of the dead wood among the Russian non-state second pillar pension funds (NSPF).
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Finland’s VER goes hedge fund shopping with €2bn
FINLAND – Thanks to the good financial situation of the €8.3bn Finnish state pension fund VER, parliament has decided to inject €1.9bn into the fund by year-end 2007.
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Pension funds losers in private equity - Citigroup
GLOBAL – Pension funds are the ultimate losers in the shift from public to private equity, according to Citigroup.
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More evidence of interest-rate swaps demand
UK – Further evidence of the growth in the interest-rate swap market - boosted at least in part by pension fund demand - came today with figures from brokerage firm ICAP.
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Morley names European marketing manager
UK – Morley Fund Management has named American Express’s Nicolas Portet as European marketing manager.
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UBS asset arm appoints Nordic sales director
SWEDEN – Henrik Af Donner has been appointed director of Nordic sales in the UBS Global Asset Management offices in Stockholm.
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Cyprus passes pension fund law
CYPRUS – Bringing it one step closer to meeting the EU pensions directive the island’s parliament passed a draft law “regarding the establishment, operation and supervision of pension funds,” Cyprus’ business newspaper Financial Mirror reports.
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Allianz gets new pension research head
GERMANY – German financial services giant Allianz has named a new head of pension research.
