All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 42
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Norway fund pushes for more active management
[12:00 CET 15-11] NORWAY - The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global is looking to hire more staff for its offices in Oslo, New York, Shanghai and London, in a push to widen its scope of active management.
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Montae plans governance centre
[11:00 CET 15-11] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund consultancy Montae is planning to launch a governance centre for pension funds.
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Umbrella organisations mull ESG platform
[15:00 CET 14-11] NETHERLANDS – VB, OPF and UvB, the three Dutch umbrella organisations for pension providers, are considering launching a platform for pension funds, to deal with social, ethical and environmental issues.
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Wednesday people roundup
[11:30 CET 14-11] GLOBAL - People roundup: Hoechster Pensionskasse, Fidelity, Mercer, European Commission, Hewitt, Certinvest, Hymans, Barings, Northern Trust, Henderson, SWIP.
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Emap transfers pensions to Paternoster
[15:45 CET 13-11] UK – Major British media conglomerate Emap has transferred its two largest defined benefit schemes to Mark Wood's pension buyout firm, Paternoster, the company announced today.
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PGGM may withdraw China investment
[14:00 CET 13-11] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension fund giant PGGM may divest from Chinese oil firm Petrochina over its state-owned parent company’s Sudan operations, following public pressure over Sudan-linked investments.
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ABP and Cordares in merger talks
[11:42 CET 13-11] NETHERLANDS – Giant Dutch pension fund ABP and pensions provider-cum-asset manager Cordares will this week start exclusive talks to explore a cooperation and a possible merger.
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Consumer body 'disappointed' with Dutch funds
[16:15 CEST 12-11] NETHERLANDS – Only one in five pension funds so far has implemented the new uniform pension statement (UPO), despite earlier agreements, says Dutch consumer organisation Consumentenbond.
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Horeca names new head of investments
[15:00 CET 12-11] NETHERLANDS - Horeca & Catering (PH&C), the €2.8bn pension fund for the Dutch hotel, restaurant and catering industry, has announced Ernst Hagen will become its new head of investments.
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Equal tax treatment for Hungarian IORP
[13:00 CET 12-11] HUNGARY – New Hungarian institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORP) will get the same tax treatment as existing voluntary pension funds and personal pensions, IPE has learnt.
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Belgium eyes promotion agency
[11:30 CET 12-11] BELGIUM – The Belgian Pension Funds Association (BVPI-ABIP) is working on establishing an agency to promote itself to multinationals abroad as a pension centre, IPE has learnt.
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Dutch regulator demands funds step up work
[16:45 CET 09-11] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch pension regulator and central bank DNB wants corporate pension funds to increase their efforts to secure durable pension systems, DNB director Arnold Schilder has said.
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Pension Corp demands Telent trustees' exit
[16:45 CET 09-11] UK - Pensions Insurance Corporation (PIC) has threatened to lapse its offer on telecoms group Telent, unless the regulator removes the independent trustees it appointed to Telent's £3bn (€4.3bn) pension fund last month.
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Few schemes allow for longer longevity projections
[12:00 CET 09-11] UK – Less than 1% of UK pension fund sponsors leave room for wider mortality improvement factors to value future liabilities, says Barnett Waddingham.
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Falls and outflows for ABN-buyer Fortis
[16:45 CET 08-11] BELGIUM – Fortis, part of the banking-trio that has bought ABN Amro, has reported a 10% drop in quarterly profits, naming insurance claims and credit market turmoil as the culprit.
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Aon closes Swedish investment consultancy
[15:30 CET 08-11] SWEDEN – The global consulting company Aon has closed its investment strategy consultancy business in Stockholm following the departure of both Mats Langensjö and Martin Källström.
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PGGM shifts to full indexation
[14:30 CET 07-11] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch PGGM fund, at €88bn the second largest in the Netherlands, has said it will fully index its pensions from the beginning of next year.
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Wednesday people roundup
[14:00 CET 07-11] GLOBAL – AP1, Mn Services, Cordea Savills, BNP Paribas, Hewitt, Barings, Aegon, SWIP, Citi, IAM, Ortec, Janus.
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Julius Baer reshuffles asset management
[12:00 CET 07-11] SWITZERLAND – Swiss private bank Julius Baer Holdings has announced it will combine its European asset management arm and the private banking subsidiaries under the umbrella of wealth manager Bank Julius Baer.
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ABP names new governance head
[16:45 CET 06-11] NETHERLANDS – Paul Frentrop, director of the Dutch branch of the European corporate governance agency Deminor, was today named as head of corporate governance for Dutch pension fund ABP's investment management arm.
