All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 40
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AFM voices its regulatory presence
[15:30 CET 03-12] NETHERLANDS - Hans Hoogervorst, the new chairman of the Dutch financial markets authority and pension regulator (AFM) has warned the Dutch pension sector needs to step up its transparency efforts to members.
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Fortis goes fiduciary for Atradius
[14:30 CET 03-12] NETHERLANDS – The €180m Dutch pension fund of credit insurance company Atradius has appointed Fortis Investments as its fiduciary manager.
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Ashcroft plans regulatory departure
[11:25 CET 03-12] UK - John Ashcroft, head of strategy at the UK's Pension Regulator (tPR) is set to leave early next year, IPE has learnt.
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Northumberland taps two for global equity
[14:00 CET 30-11] UK – The £614m (€859m) Northumberland county council pension fund has appointed Alliance Bernstein and Prudential M&G Investment Management with a £95m active global equities mandate.
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Pension supervisors replace president
[13:30 CET 30-11] GLOBAL – The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) said today it has appointed Ross Jones as its new president.
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Saxony doubles fund with major injection
[12:00 CET 30-11] GERMANY – The German Saxony region, which encompasses the cities of Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, has confirmed it will top up its pension fund for civil servants with €500m.
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Risk-based levy 'could rise fourfold'
[16:45 CET 29-11] UK – The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has been criticised for its decision to raise the funding level, at which schemes pay no risk-based levy, from 125% to 140%.
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Review may clarify VAT on pensions-related services
[16:30 CET 29-11] EUROPE – The European Commission is conducting a review of existing legislation for value-added tax (VAT) on financial services and insurance companies, which might finally determine whether European pension funds should be exempt from paying VAT on outsourced investment services.
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Italian chamber clears pensions reform
[16:30 CET 29-11] ITALY – The Chamber of Deputies, the Italian parliament's lower house, last night approved a key pensions bill, IPE has learnt.
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Europeans predicted to 'shy away' from hedge funds
[13:30 CET 29-11] EUROPE – Growth in institutional hedge funds investments in Europe will stagnate, argued a panel during a discussion on the future of institutional investing in hedge funds yesterday.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund eyes EM and commodities
[13:00 CET 29-11] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch industry-wide pension fund has placed two IPE-Quest searches, the first of which is for an active manager for a $125m (€85m) global emerging markets equity mandate.
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Employers reluctant to top up fund
[16:45 CET 28-11] UK – Pension scheme sponsors will increasingly avoid putting money into their pension fund, participants were told at a London-based pension scheme funding panel discussion.
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PPF mulls buffer amid claims of overcharging
[15:30 CET 28-11] UK - The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is looking to set up a buffer fund with any surplus it might accrue in the future, IPE has learnt.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:00 CET 28-11] People roundup: GLOBAL – Henderson, F&C, Punter Southall, Northern Trust, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price Mercer, Investec, Barrie and Hibbert, Cohen & Steer.
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Cosun sacks Kas Bank
[16:15 CET 27-11] NETHERLANDS – The three pension funds of the Dutch food producer Royal Cosun have sacked Kas Bank and appointed State Street Corporation as their new custodian.
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PPM sees inflows of SEK26bn
[16:00 CET 27-11] SWEDEN – Net lending in the Swedish pension system – the Premium Pension Authority (PPM) and the national buffer funds – has been put at SEK26bn (€2.8bn) in 2007, almost 50% less than last year.
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AGI eyes wider European presence
[14:00 CET 27-11] GERMANY – The major life insurer Allianz is planning to move its European asset management focus away from Germany to France.
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'Alternative' is becoming mainstream - survey
[17:00 CET 26-11] EUROPE – Alternative investments might not be so 'alternative' after all, according to new research by the asset management division of US investment bank JP Morgan.
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Drinks giant sacks Hewitt
[15:58 CET 26-11] UK – The €3.5bn pension fund sponsored by UK drinks group Diageo, producer of brands such as Guinness and Baileys, has appointed Hymans Robertson as its new investment consultant.
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Christmas pension action 'unnecessary' - BAA
[16:55 CET 26-11] UK – UK airport group BAA has called the industrial action over the closure of its final salary pension scheme “unnecessary”.
