All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 92
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IPE-QUEST: Several $5m US equity mandates
[17:10 CEST 18-10] GLOBAL – An investment company in the Middle East is looking for US equity value managers via IPE Quest.
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State Street reports merger costs of $141m
[17:10 CEST 18-10] US – The acquisition of Boston-based Investors Financial Services cost global custodian State Street $141m (€99.5m) the company revealed in its Q3 report.
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Research finds governance directly linked to return
[17:10 CEST 18-10] GLOBAL – Better governance structures lead to better performance, according to joint research by Oxford University and consultants Watson Wyatt.
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Consultants’ study wants Irish annuity rules eased
[17:10 CEST 18-10] IRELAND – The government should reconsider the obligation for defined contribution occupational scheme members to buy annuities at retirement, a study on the Irish annuity market recommends.
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Watson Wyatt urge funds to diversify indices for added value
[17:00 CEST 18-10] UK – Fundamental and risk-weighted indices can offer different beta to a portfolio, consultants Watson Wyatt has advised pension funds.
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Options galore in Irish pensions green paper
[16:50 CEST 17-10] IRELAND – The government today presented the long-awaited green paper on pensions including issues like scheme funding, retirement age and work flexibility – but giving no recommendations.
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UK consumers get say in personal accounts
[16:50 CEST 17-10] UK – Various consumer groups have been invited by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to join a committee to work with the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA).
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NAPF launches members' only DC forum
[14:30 CEST 17-10] UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) launched a platform dedicated to defined contribution (DC) schemes.
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FRR tenders €2bn in commodities mandates
[16:40 CEST 16-10] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) is looking for commodity managers.
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Mercer hires European head of implemented consulting
[16:30 CEST 16-10] EUROPE – Michael Kinney joins Mercer to head its European implemented consultancy services.
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Swedish supervisor to review small funds’ risk management
[13:30 CEST 16-10] SWEDEN – Supervisory body Finansinspektionen (FI) said it will check whether risk management matches the investment strategy at smaller pension funds.
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Confidence in sustainable funds helps outperformance - Vinis
GLOBAL – Sustainable investment funds are perceived to be more attractive in the long run which helps them perform better in times of market turbulence, according to Wolfgang Pinner, managing director at Austrian SRI fund manager Vinis.
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F&C tops FairPensions ESG table
[15:00 CEST 15-10] UK – F&C Asset Management tops a ranking of investment managers with the best engagement and transparency scores on environment, social and governance issues.
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ING real estate wins £100m Welsh mandate
[11:00 CEST 15-10] UK – The GBP1.36bn (€1.9bn) Rhondda Cynon Taf council pension fund has awarded a £100m UK property mandate, with possible exposure to other European markets, to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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Polish pension funds reverse assets decline
[16:00 CEST 12-10] POLAND – Assets in the 15 mandatory second pillar pension funds grew by 2.2% over the last month reaching PLN139.3bn (€37.3bn).
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Watson Wyatt makes first Nordic acquisition
[16:00 CEST 12-10] SWEDEN – Watson Wyatt is buying Oakbridge Consulting, a Swedish consultancy specialising in HR, to grow its Nordic business.
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Funds need flexibility to compete with Belgium - aba
[15:15 CEST 12-10] GERMANY – Regulations relating to the underfunding of Pensionsfonds are 'too strict' for the retirement vehicles to be competitive in the European market, German insurance experts and pension fund associations have suggested.
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WHSmith gains £10m from scheme closure
[15:30 CEST 12-10] UK – High street firm WHSmith saw its pension liabilities drop by £10m following the closure of its £770m (€1.1bn) defined benefit scheme, the group has reported.
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AP4 signs internal currency manager
[15:00 CEST 12-10] SWEDEN – The SEK214bn (€23.5bn) buffer fund AP4 has hired Per Berglund as new currency and fixed income portfolio manager.
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Rümmeli knew of Swissfirst merger
[16:45 CEST 11-10] SWITZERLAND – A confidentiality agreement has surfaced suggesting Roland Rümmeli, former investment head of the Siemens Switzerland pension fund, had insider knowledge of a merger between Swissfirst and Bellevue.
