All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 93
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DB/DC contribution spread widens
[16:45 CEST 11-10] UK – While contributions to open defined benefit pension schemes have increased steadily over the last three years, those to defined contributions plans have remained at a similar level, reveal new tables published by National Statistics.
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Too early for mandatory second pillar - ÖPAG
[16:00 CEST 11-10] AUSTRIA – Introducing mandatory second pillar pensions in Austria is 'unrealistic' at present, according to Johannes Ziegelbecker, director at the €1.9bn multi-employer Pensionskasse ÖPAG.
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Three in four firms top pensions minimum
[13:00 CEST 10-10] SWITZERLAND – More than 75% of employers in Switzerland contribute more to their occupational pension funds than is required by law.
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Swiss Pensionskassen 'suffocated' by regulation
[15:30 CEST 09-10] SWITZERLAND – Increasing regulation on investment limits and higher demands on Pensionskassen regarding pensions benefits guarantees is hindering the growth of pension funds, a father of the Swiss pension system has claimed.
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Hansa equity team defects to build Limestone
[11:00 CEST 09-10] ESTONIA – A total of nine people have left Estonia-based Hansa Investment Funds to set up their own specialist Eastern European and Central Asian asset manager.
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DC will face same problems as DB - Mercer
[16:30 CEST 08-10] UK – A rise in the development of defined contribution (DC) schemes will trigger more government intervention and this will in turn increase costs, consultancy firm Mercer has predicted.
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Resolution trustees OK Friends merger
[16:15 CEST 08-10] UK – Resolution Asset Management got the go ahead for the merger with Friends Provident from its pension fund trustees.
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F&C ready to go fiduciary
[16:30 CEST 05-10] NETHERLANDS – F&C today unveiled details of its anticipated move into fiduciary management for the Dutch pension market.
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Swiss Life mulls sale of Dutch and Belgian firms
[16:15 EST 05-10] EUROPE – Zurich-based life and pension insurer Swiss Life confirmed it might sell its businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Ex-Mercer consultants set up independent trustee firm
[14:00 CEST 05-10] UK – Roy Carr, Bill Rayner, Paul Greenwood and John Hawkins have joined forces to form Foresight Trustees.
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IPE-QUEST: €25m global equity mandate
[16:15 CEST 04-10] GLOBAL – An Australian multi-manager is looking for an active global developed markets manager using IPE-Quest.
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One fifth of funds say 'it's too late' to save DB
[15:45 CEST 04-10] UK – Some 19% of pension funds responded to a question from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) on what the British government could do to encourage defined benefit pension prevision, by saying it was "too late" to do anything.
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Irish managed funds down 3.3% in Q3
[15:30 CEST 04-10] IRELAND – Managed pension funds reported an average third-quarter decline of 3.3%, according to a report by Rubicon Investment Consulting.
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Conference told of IORP problems for CEE states
[14:00 CEST 04-10] HUNGARY – The EU pension directive is having more of a negative than a positive affect on the pension systems of central and eastern European (CEE) countries, a conference in London's Chatham House was told.
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Pioneer soaks up Capitalia assets
[16:30 CEST 03-10] ITALY – Pioneer, the asset management arm of the UniCredit group, will grow its assets under management by €30bn following the merger with Capitalia.
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Irish DB closure total triples
[16:00 CEST 03-10] IRELAND – The number of employers that have closed their defined benefit schemes has risen from 12% to 39% in the last five years, a new study commissioned by the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) reveals.
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AP2 outperforms by 18.7% in Swedish equities
[16:00 CEST 03-10] SWEDEN – The domestic equities portfolio of the second Swedish buffer fund AP2 has outperformed its benchmark by 18.7% over the past five years.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m UK large cap equity mandate
[12:00 CEST 03-10] UK – A private bank based in the UK is looking for a manager for a domestic active large cap core mandate using IPE Quest.
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Swiss newspaper apologises over Swissfirst scandal
[17:00 CEST 02-10] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss tabloid 'Blick' has apologised to Jürg Maurer, head of investments at Rieter Pensionskasse, for the way it portrayed him in its coverage of the Swissfirst scandal.
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Decline in confidence ups UK scheme surpluses - Aon
[17:00 CEST 02-10] UK – Recent market turbulence and the subsequent decline in confidence in the UK banking sector have helped to improve pension fund surpluses – at least on paper, Aon Consulting claims.
