All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 48
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Pension buyout is cooking at Aga
[13:30 CEST 11-09]UK – Aga Foodservices, the British oven maker, has said it is reviewing the "strategic options" for funding its £791.9m (€1.16bn) pension scheme.
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VB to set up separate pension commission
[11:00 CEST 11-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch organisation for industry-wide pension funds, VB plans to establish a pension commission focusing on the export of the Dutch pension system.
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Sainsbury’s gets new pensions head
[16:00 CEST 10-09] UK – David Brennan has been appointed as head of pensions at the £2.1bn (€3.1bn) pension fund of UK supermarket retailer J.Sainsbury.
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Dutch navy sinks Achmea
[13:30 CEST 10-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €3.4bn Merchant Navy Pension Fund (Bedrijfspensioenfonds voor de Koopvaardij) will end its management agreement with PVF Achmea at the end of this year, IPE has learnt.
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BlackRock co-founder leaves
[16:00 CEST 07-09] GLOBAL – Ralph Schlosstein, president and co-founder of BlackRock has announced he will leave the company to "pursue other entrepreneurial interests”.
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Bingo group confirms pension fund sale plans
[15:00 CEST 05-09] UK – Rank Group, the owner of Mecca Bingo and other gaming businesses, said it is contemplating putting its £700m pension scheme up for sale.
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VB issues warning on Dutch VAT (amended)
[14:00 CEST 05-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch association of industry wide pension funds, VB has said the Dutch government should stop charging pension funds tax on the use of investment management services.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:30 CEST 05-09] GLOBAL – Morley, F&C, Fortis, Credit Suisse, Watson Wyatt, EIB, East Capital, AWD/MLP, BDO Stoy Hayward, ASSET4.
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Fonchim plans a guaranteed return fund
[11:00 CEST 05-09] ITALY – The E1.7bn Italian Fonchim scheme, the closed fund for chemical and pharmaceutical workers, is planning to launch a guaranteed return fund early next year.
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PGGM appoints new chairman
[17:11 CEST 03-09] NETHERLANDS – The €89bn Dutch pension fund PGGM has appointed Martin van Rijs as chairman of the executive board of its new administration cooperative.
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Fonchim taps Schroders for TFR
[16:45 CEST 03-09] ITALY – The Italian €1.7bn Fonchim scheme, the closed fund for chemical and pharmaceutical workers, has appointed Schroders to manage its Trattamente di Fine Rapporto (TFR) assets.
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2007 is a good year for Dexia so far
[16:55 CEST 31-08] BELGIUM – Belgian-French financial services group Dexia reported assets under management reached €111.1bn to June 30, up by 2.5% in the second quarter of 2007.
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SNS agrees securities bank takeover
[16:00 CEST 31-08] NETHERLANDS – SNS Bank’s securities business has reached an agreement to buy specialist securities firm and institutional investment manager FBS Bankiers for an undisclosed amount.
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Subprime halves Belgian returns
[15:00 CEST 31-08] BELGIUM – Belgian pension funds have lost around half of their the returns made in the first six months of 2007 during the recent subprime crisis, according the Belgian Association of Pension Funds (BVPI).
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CAAM reviews Italy range as AUM rises 15%
[15:30 CEST 30-08] FRANCE – French bank Credit Agricole’s asset management division saw assets under management rise to €583bn in the first six months of 2007, of which Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) accounted for €565.7bn.
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AP4 sees assets climb to SEK214.2bn
[15:00 CEST 30-08] SWEDEN – The SEK201bn AP4 scheme, the fourth Swedish national pension fund, has seen its capital value rise by SEK13.7bn (€1.6bn) to SEK214.2bn in the first six months of the year.
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AP1 and AP3 start year with strong equity returns
[17:00 CEST 29-08] SWEDEN – Strong returns in listed stocks and private equity pushed up total assets at both AP1 and AP3 - two of the five Swedish ‘buffer funds’ - in the half year of 2007.
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Wednesday people roundup
[14:30 CEST 29-08] GLOBAL – Fortis, Mercer, Northern Trust, EDHEC, The Pension Board, Corgwell, LaSalle, Riverstone, Threadneedle.
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Liechtenstein complications with Swiss fund
[16:30 CEST 28-08] LIECHTENSTEIN/SWITZERLAND – The Swiss senate has raised enquiries about the linkage of Liechtenstein’s second pillar pension schemes to the Swiss pension protection fund.
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Middle-aged men 'dominate' pension trustee boards
[16:00 CEST 28-08] UK – Pension trustee boards lack diversity, while trustees struggle coming to terms with the complexity of pension legislation, a new study has found.
