All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 25
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NIB to launch hybrid pension scheme
[13:30 CEST 30-05] IRELAND – The National Irish Bank (NIB) has announced it will introduce a hybrid pension scheme for new workers on August 1.
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Agenda shifting from EU harmonisation to convergence
[12:30 CEST 30-05] EUROPE – Member states of the European Union are facing a trend of increasing economic convergence on pension policies, rather than a more encompassing passage of harmonisation, former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt has found.
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Dutch transport funds team up to buy real estate
[16:30 CEST 29-05] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €12bn railway pension fund (SPF) and the €2bn public transport pension fund (SPOV) have together with Generali Real Estate bought an €80m Dutch shopping centre project.
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Bpf Meubel first industry-wide fund to tap SEI
[13:30 CEST 29-05] NETHERLANDS – Bpf Meubel, the €1.5bn industry-wide pension funds for the Dutch furniture industry, has appointed American asset manager SEI to become its fiduciary manager.
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IPE-Quest: Finnish fund seeks UK real estate
[12:00 CEST 29-05] FINLAND – A Finnish pension fund is looking for managers for a £150m (€189.5m) UK real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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New flower and plant scheme goes fiduciary
[16:35 CEST 28-05] NETHERLANDS – The new Dutch industry-wide defined contribution (DC) pension funds for the wholesale flower and plant sector has appointed pensions provider Cordares as its fiduciary manager.
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ERAFP shifts away from bonds
[14:30 CEST 28-05] FRANCE – The €4.8bn French civil service supplementary pension scheme ERAFP is looking for asset managers to take on €1.2bn in international equities and euro-denominated fixed income mandates.
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Italian pension reform boosts PensPlan
[14:00 CEST 28-05] ITALY – PensPlan, the pension services provider of the semi-autonomous Trentino Alto Adige region in northern Italy, saw registrations increase by 39% following Italian ‘TFR’ reforms in 2007.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:30 CEST 28-05] GLOBAL: People roundup – Hewitt, Mercer, Hymans Robertson, Dow Jones Indexes, ACA, Threadneedle, FTREA, Northern Trust.
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Belgian pensions minister makes first move
[16:30 CEST 27-05] BELGIUM – Marie Arena, the newly-appointed minister for social integration and pensions, has announced the Belgian government will top up first pillar pensions by €100m in the next few months.
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EC eyes pension reserves 'hole'
[16:00 CEST 27-05] EUROPE - Guy Verhofstadt, former Belgian prime minister and now deputy chairman of the APG Groep Supervisory Board, has argued the European Commission is likely to increase its focus on the lack of pension reserves held.
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Mercer to rate managers on responsible strategy
[16:05 CEST 23-05] UK – Mercer says it will rate all investment managers in its databases on how they integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into mainstream investment processes.
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Insurance buyout market to abate
[13:30 CEST 22-05] UK – The insurance buyout market has reached its peak in terms of competitiveness and the number of players it can sustain, suggests Paul Jayson, partner and actuary at consultants Barnett Waddingham.
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Mining campaign warns funds of ESG gaps
[13:00 CEST 22-05] UK – A new campaign by charities FairPensions and Cafod warns pension funds and fund managers there are gaps between the environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and their implementation of mining companies operating in developing countries.
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IPE-Quest: German fund seeks convertible bonds
[16:15 CEST 21-05] GERMANY – A German pension fund is looking for managers for a €50m European convertible bonds mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Wednesday people roundup
[16:00 CEST 21-05] GLOBAL: People roundup – Mn Services, SEB, Schroders, Pensions Regulator, SEI, Aon, Mercer, Hewitt, Pictet Asset Management, Pioneer, Vontobel, Alliance Trust Savings.
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Invalda enters Latvian pension fund market
LATVIA – Baltic financials group Invalda has today announced it will enter the Latvian pension fund market with the acquisition of the Latvian investment manager IPAS Baltikums Asset Management.
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Hercules and Uniqema go fiduciary
[16:15 CEST 20-05] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch pension funds of Uniqema, a manufacturer of oleochemicals, and the fund of chemicals firm Hercules have tapped AZL as their fiduciary manager.
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Mirae expands into Europe
[16:00 CEST 20-05] EUROPE – Korea-based Mirae Asset Global Investments today announced it is planning to open its first European office following the appointment of two executives in London.
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ABP returns 3.8% in "two-faced" 2007 (Update)
[14:00 CEST 20-05] NETHERLANDS – The €216.5bn ABP fund, the industry wide scheme for Dutch civil servants, praised 2007 as a good year, despite booking its lowest investment return in years.
