All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 96
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Fortis hires CSR experts
[15:30 CEST 06-09] GLOBAL – Banking and insurance group Fortis has created a corporate social responsibility (CSR) advisory board made up of seven international experts.
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NTGI introduces int'l CIO
[15:00 CEST 06-09] GLOBAL – Wayne Bowers has been promoted to chief investment officer for the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions at Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) Ltd.
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Big is beautiful for governance - Watson Wyatt
[12:00 CEST 06-09] GLOBAL – Assets in the world's 300 largest pension funds exceeded the $10trn (€7.4trn) mark last year, consulting firm Watson Wyatt has found.
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Irish equity drags down pension funds
[16:30 CEST 05-09] IRELAND – Irish managed pension funds reported negative returns of -0.6% for the month of August.
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Capita enters annuity market with purchase
[16:00 CEST 05-09] UK – Pension administration provider Capita Hartshead has acquired pension consultant and service provider Higham Dunnett Shaw.
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FRR reappoints State Street
[16:45 CEST 04-09] FRANCE – The €33.4bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has concluded its search for a currency overlay manager.
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Scandal-hit PZU gets new CEO
[16:45 CEST 04-09] POLAND – Agata Rowinska has today been appointed by the Treasury as new chief executive to the Polish insurance giant PZU.
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Nordic market growth increases pressure - Nordea
[16:00 CEST 04-09] NORDICS – Economists at asset manager and banking group Nordea are warning it may be "time to pull the brakes" as economic conditions in some Nordic countries are now reported to be "running at full capacity".
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One in four not saving for retirement
[15:45 CEST 04-09] UK – Britons are worried about their retirement income but the number of people without any pension provision is actually increasing, Alliance Trust research suggests.
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Greater Manchester fund tenders property valuation
[16:30 CEST 03-09] UK – The £9.5bn (€14bn) Greater Manchester Pension Fund is reviewing Colliers CRE as the independent valuer for its property portfolio.
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Analysts "cautious" about Storebrand's Swedish push
[16:30 CEST 03-09] NORDICS – Norwegian life insurer Storebrand is to buy Swedish Handelsbanken's occupational pension branch SPP for SEK18bn (€1.9bn).
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AP7 outperforms benchmark in H1
[16:30 CEST 03-09] SWEDEN – The Swedish default fund for the Premium Pension System managed by AP7 returned 9.6% in the first half of 2007.
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Austrian funds defend performance
[16:15 CEST 03-09] AUSTRIA – Pensionskassen should have put more money into equities last year in order to get better results, consulting firm Mercer has suggested.
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First funds approved for Romania’s second pillar
ROMANIA – The Private Pension Supervision Commission (CSSPP) has authorised five second pillar pension funds for sale in Romania.
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Swiss SRI market doubles
[16:00 CEST 24/08] SWITZERLAND – Both institutional and retail investors are showing more interest in themed SRI funds than ever before, according to the Zürich-based research company onValues.
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Prosecutor to vet premier’s pension claims
SLOVAKIA – The Bratislava prosecutor's office is to examine comments made by Slovak prime minister Robert Fico about pension fund management companies.
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Aviva posts steady 1H07 fund management profits
[15:40 CEST 24-08] EUROPE – The Aviva group’s European fund management business reported operating profits of £29m (€43m) for the first half of 2007, slightly down from the £30m reported for the same period last year.
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Pensions Regulator builds market research
[16:30 CEST 23-08] UK – The Pensions Regulator is seeking to build a database of market research agencies to facilitate future procurements of market analysis and industry surveys.
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'Perceived risk' makes EMEA interesting - Fidelity
[16:00 CEST 23-08] GLOBAL – The Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) investment region is set for a massive growth and currently 'perceived risk' still adds to the discount for stock purchases, Fidelity has suggested.
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AP2 starts year with strong returns
[15:30 CEST 23-08] SWEDEN – Andra AP-Fonden (AP2) outperformed its benchmark by 70 basis points in the first half of this year.
