All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 4
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DNB to decide on more rescue measures
[14:30 CET 22-01] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pensions minister Piet Hein Donner has said the Dutch central bank and pension regulator DNB will decide in the second half of February whether additional measures need to be taken to help pension funds survive the credit crunch.
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NewsFRR appoints BGI for equities
[16:25 CET 21-01] FRANCE – FRR, the €33bn French national pension reserve fund, has tapped Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for a €1bn European equities mandate.
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AP7 mulls more alpha centres
[15:45 CET 21-01] SWEDEN – The SEK74bn (€6.9bn) Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden (AP7) is planning to review its pure alpha investments to see if it can add more of its ‘alpha centres’.
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Wednesday people roundup
[15:15 CET 21-01] GLOBAL – Mercer, Morgan Stanley, Capita Hartshead, Stenham, RLAM, Stamford Associates Limited, Credit Suisse, Acadian, Sal. Oppenheim.
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PPF 'concerned' over future claim growth
[16:30 CET 20-01] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (UK), the UK's £5.2bn pension lifeboat fund, has revealed concerns over the growth in future claims from pension funds and the nature of recovery in the UK.
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PPM scheme mulls swaps and eurobonds (amended)
[15:00 CET 20-01] SWEDEN – The Swedish Premium Pension Authority (PPM) is looking at investing in swaps and eurobonds to restock its buffers, according to its head of financial analyses, Sara Bergström.
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European Parliament approves UCITS IV proposal
[14:00 CET 20-01] EUROPE – The European Parliament has approved the proposed reform of the UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities) directive, and inserted provision for a management company passport.
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Further-nationalised RBS pushes derivatives
[16:45 CET 19-01] UK – Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which was further nationalised today after making its biggest loss in history, has said it aims to roll out more so called ‘dynamic strategies’, a breed of structured products, for pension funds who seek alternatives to hedge funds.
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PPF ready to face Nortel's £1bn deficit
[16:25 CET 19-01] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) today has said it would be able to handle a £1bn (€1.12bn) deficit, as the ailing UK pension scheme of defunct Canadian telecoms giant Nortel is poised to be placed in the UK lifeboat scheme.
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Pension funds invited for banking rescue talks
[16:15 CET 16-01] NETHERLANDS – A group of pension funds and insurers today have taken part in talks between banks and the Dutch ministry of finance for a €200bn guarantee scheme for the Dutch banking sector.
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Lausanne pension gap needs CHF350m bridge
[15:15 CET 16-01] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss city of Lausanne has proposed a CHF350m (€235.4m) injection for its ailing CHF1.09bn Caisse de Pensions de la Commune de Lausanne (CPCL) pension fund.
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ABP/PGGM energy fund invests in Italian sun
[16:45 CET 15-01] NETHERALNDS – The €320m Ampère Equity Fund, a sustainable energy investment fund set up by Dutch pension funds ABP and PFZW, will hold a 49% stake in a new solar energy project in Italy.
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CoE commissioners seeks investment head
[14:15 CET 15-01] UK – The £5.67bn (€6.3bn) Church Commissioners scheme of the Church of England (CoE) are looking to appoint a director of investments to oversee its equities and property investment teams.
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Merseyside invests in fundamental index fund
[15:00 CET 15-01] UK – The £4.26bn (€4.8bn) Merseyside local authority pension fund is provided half of the funding for a new enhanced indexation-type fund launched by Nomura Asset Management.
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Asda taps Cardano for 'new-style' mandate
[17:05 CET 14-01] UK – The £1bn (€1.1bn) group pension scheme of UK supermarket retailer Asda, has appointed Cardano’s London office for a so called 'solvency management' mandate.
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AFM to challenge EU real estate supervision cap
[16:55 CET 14-01] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Financial Market Authority (AFM) has asked the Dutch ministry of finance to lobby with the European Commission (EC) for changes to the European Prospectus Directive to increase the cap on supervision of real estate investments.
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Partners grows AuM by 32%
[16:50 CET 14-01] SWITZERLAND – Swiss alternative asset manager Partners Group said demand in its core private markets such as private equity and private debt did not falter in 2008, reporting a 32% increase in assets under management (AuM) at the end of 2008.
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Wednesday people roundup
[16:30 CET 14-01] GLOBAL – Watson Wyatt Heissmann, Aegon, Grant & Eisenhofer, GMAM, BNY Mellon, RBC Royal Bank, Henderson, Swisscanto, Gartmore, Universal Investment, Close Brothers, Northern Trust, Aon, SL Capital Partners, Mercer, West LB, BIS.
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Swiss investor goes into emerging markets
[16:45 CET 13-02] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investors is searching for an emerging market equities manager for a $250m (€189m) mandate, using IPE Quest.
