All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 36
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:00 CET 23-01] People roundup: GLOBAL – Carnegie, T. Rowe Price, Millennium Global Investments, Principal Global Investors, Allianz GI, Mercer, AXA Rosenberg, MFS, Maia Capital Partners, RLAM.
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2008 centre-stages alternatives, real returns and funding
[16:55 CET 22-01] EUROPE – Allocation to alternative assets will increase in 2008 and Dutch pension funds will continue to seek real returns as German corporates’ appetite for funding grows, investment bank Lehman Brothers has suggested.
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EC studies 'wake-up call' on portability
[16:30 CET 22-01] EUROPE – Supplementary pension schemes continue to hinder workers’ mobility across Europe, according to two studies presented by the European Commission (EC) today.
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Support unveiled on covenant review
[13:30 CET 22-01] UK – Aon Consulting has launched a service whereby pension fund trustees can more easily assess the covenant of the sponsoring employer.
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IPE Quest: Scandinavian fund seeks alpha
[13:00 CET 22-01] EUROPE – A Scandinavian pension fund has put out a search for a global alpha asset manager, investing in a €100m concentrated core global portfolio.
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Mercer under review at Northants
[15:30 CET 21-01] UK – The £1.1bn (€1.47bn) Northamptonshire County Council pension fund is reviewing its investment consultant and actuary Mercer, following its decision to split the joint mandate.
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Scandinavian fund on emerging markets quest
[15:00 CET 21-01] EUROPE – A Scandinavian pension fund is looking for a global asset manager investing for a €45m frontier emerging markets mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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BP follows Shell on a pensions holiday
[15:00 CET 21-01] UK – The British oil giant BP has followed in the footsteps of Anglo-Dutch oil firm Shell in taking a contribution holiday from its pension scheme.
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Lithuanian second pillar results boosted by allocating globally
[16:50 CET 18-01] LITHUANIA – Second pillar pension funds in Lithuania on average performed better than their European peers in 2007 due to more diversified allocations and less restrictions from the regulator, IPE has learnt.
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Nestlé's German fund mulls return from Dublin (Update)
[13:10 CET 18-01] GERMANY/IRELAND – Peter Hadasch, member of the board of the Nestlé's €1.2bn German Pensionskasse is considering swapping Dublin for Germany as the domicile for his fund's assets.(updated with new quotes from Hadasch)
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Audit Commission’s scheme taps new consultant
[16:20 CET 17-01] UK – The UK Audit Commission, the body for ensuring public money is spent economically and efficiently, has appointed Mercer to actuarial and consultancy services to its £550m (€738.2m) pension fund.
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Tielman quits at Cordares after board disagreement
[16:22 CET 17-01] NETHERLANDS – Jeroen Tielman, the former director of pension business development at NIBC Bank, will leave Dutch industry-wide pensions provider Cordares following a disagreement with its board of governors.
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IPE Quest: Scandinavian fund goes anti-global warming
[15:00 CET 17-01] EUROPE – A Scandinavian pension fund has issued a search for a global or regional asset manager investing in anti-global warming stocks, using IPE Quest.
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Luxembourg turns heads
[14:30 CET 16-01] EUROPE – Luxembourg, which in 2007 was the number one fund domicile in Europe, will continue to attract the most investments also in 2008, says Walter Koop of KPMG.
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Wednesday people roundup
[12:00 CET 16-01] People roundup: GLOBAL – BGI, Gottex, Aberdeen, HSBC, Pioneer, Cardano, Hewitt, Mercer, Aegon Pension Network, BNP Paribas, IFDS.
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Paternoster starts year with four new buyouts
[16:40 CET 15-01] UK – UK pension buyout firm Paternoster added another four pension schemes to its business in the first weeks of the year, bringing its total number of schemes to 33, IPE has learnt.
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Allianz bundles German pension divisions
[16:50 CET 15-01] GERMANY – Allianz Global Investors Kapitalanlagegesellschaft, the German investment arm of insurance giant Allianz, today said it has combined its pension advisory and product design operations in a new business.
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Robeco finds multimanager in PME’s Van Gent
[15:45 CET 14-01] EUROPE – Dutch financial group Robeco has ventured into multi-management with the launch of Switzerland-based Corestone Investment Managers, set up by former Altis man Martin Mlynár.
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Former Optas heads forced into the dock
[13:00 CET 14-01] NETHERLANDS – A court in Rotterdam decided late last week there are “founded reasons” to hear with immediate effect from the former management of the harbour workers’ pension fund (PVH) if it can use pensioner money to buy art.
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Rock scheme shifts to bonds on future worries
[16:15 CET 11-01] UK – Trustees of the pension fund of troubled British bank Northern Rock have today revealed a £100m (€132m) shortfall in its assets of the final salary section of the scheme.
