All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 21
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SocGen to launch Serbian pension fund manager
SERBIA – French banking group Société Générale has announced it has received regulatory approval to set up its planned pension fund management company in Serbia.
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Lower Saxony to set up pension fund
[15:00 CEST 10-07] GERMANY – The German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) is to set up a new pension fund for its civil servants from 2010 in an attempt to cut costs.
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IAM buyout brings solvency relief to Fortis
[16:45 CEST 09-07] UK – International Asset Management (IAM), the fund of hedge fund manager previously owned by ABN Amro Asset Management, has regained its independence in a management buyout (MBO).
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Fund to award €50m small cap brief
[15:45 CEST 09-07] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for a manager for a €50m pan-European equity small cap core mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Wednesday people roundup
[15:15 CEST 09-07] APG, TPR, Mercer, New Star, Schroders, DNB, LCP, Northern Trust, Ernst & Young, BlackRock, Hewitt, Aon, Millennium Global Investments, Ermitage, Architas.
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Q3 commodities 'correction' to affect inflation
[16:50 CEST 08-07] GLOBAL – Oil and other commodities will enter a “cyclical correction” in the coming quarter, which will have an effect on economic growth and inflation, according to new research by ABN Amro.
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Investors back reform of 'disturbing' CRA conduct
[14:30 CEST 08-07] UK – Investors have backed calls for the reform of credit ratings agencies (CRAs) after identifying a lack in professional conduct, according to the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Institute.
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Spilled milk for HS Admin over UK fund
[15:00 CEST 08-07] UK – The £340m (€428m) UK Milk Pension Fund, the multi-employer defined benefit scheme sponsored by employers in the UK dairy industry, has replaced its administrator HS Admin and tapped Aon Consulting.
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Credit crunch pushes pension flight from equities
[12:15 CEST 08-07] UK – Nearly half of pension scheme managers have shifted their investments from equities to bonds during the past 12 months, according to research released by Aon Consulting.
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Fundamental indexing still disliked – IPE survey
[16:35 CEST 07-07] EUROPE – Fundamental indexing strategies still remain unpopular as the vast majority of small and medium-sized European institutional investors indicate they are not even considering the instrument, according to the first IPE/Invesco survey.
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FRR to award €3.1bn worth of equity mandates
[16:30 CEST 07-07] FRANCE – FRR, the €33bn French national pension reserve fund, has launched requests for proposals for eight US and Asia Pacific equity mandates, worth €3.1bn in total.
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German CTA to award €45m debt mandate (amended)
[16:20 CEST 07-07] GERMANY – A fiduciary manager has revealed a German pension fund client is looking for managers for a $70m (€45m) Eurozone debt mandate, using IPE Quest. (Amended with updated closing date)
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Flemish government aids VRT fund
[16:10 CEST 07-07] BELGIUM – The Flemish government in Belgium has announced it will pay a yearly sum of €10m into the pension fund of public broadcaster VRT, following “structural financial shortages” at the organisation.
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Lothian taps Hermes for global voting advice
[15:45 CEST 04-07] UK – The Scottish £3bn (€3.8bn) Lothian Pension Fund has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) for a voting and engagement overlay to engage with companies internationally.
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Swiss absolute return manager opens Dutch office
[15:47 CEST 04-07] NETHERLANDS – The Swiss hedge fund and asset manager EIM Group, specialists in absolute return portfolios, has opened a separate office in Amsterdam.
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Düsseldorf to launch pension fund
[15:30 CEST 03-07] GERMANY – Düsseldorf, the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, plans to launch a new pension arrangement for its civil servants.
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APG promotes Sleijpen into Cordares' institutional role
[14:30 CEST 03-07] NETHERLANDS – Olaf Sleijpen, director of strategy and policy at APG, today was promoted to take over as director for institutional clients after the merger between APG and Cordares has been completed.
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Shell pools pension assets and taps JPMorgan for custody
[16:30 CEST 02-07] GLOBAL – Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell has decided to create a single pension pool for its $70bn (€44bn) pension and insurance assets globally, appointing JP Morgan to provide custody services around this new pool.
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Wednesday people roundup
[16:00 CEST 02-07] GLOBAL - Watson Wyatt, Hymans Robertson, AllianzGI, Aberdeen, Schroders, Henderson Global Investors, Millennium Global Investments, New Star, SSGA, State Street, Alliance Trust Asset Management, Black Rock, RBS Asset Management, SLI, Cardano, Pimco.
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Delta Lloyd Investment Management GmbH sold
[12:30 CEST 02-07] GERMANY – Kas Bank, the Dutch securities bank, has formally acquired Delta Lloyd’s German investment manager business, following its exclusive talks with Delta Lloyd Deutschland last month.
