All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 51
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UK appoints new judges’ pension services
[16:45 CEST 25-07] UK – The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) will replace its salary and pensions payroll services for the judiciary, members of the European Parliament and senior political and public office holders in the UK.
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Tube staff to strike over pensions
[16:45 CEST 25-07] UK – London Underground (LU) workers covered by the Transport for London Pension Fund have voted in favour of strike action in a row over pension rights.
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Myners to deliver personal accounts
[13:55 CEST 25-07] UK – Paul Myners, author of the Myners Review and chairman of the hedge fund group Ermitage, has been appointed as chair designate of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
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Wednesday people roundup
[12:00 CEST 25-07] GLOBAL – Private Advisors, SSgA, BNP Paribas, P-Solve Alternative Investments, AXA, FRC, ETF.
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"New government might halt Belgian second pillar growth"
[16:45 CEST 24-07] BELGIUM - Development of Belgian second pillar pensions might stagnate even further under the new government, IPE has learnt today.
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IPE Quest: Dutch fund seeks emerging markets manager
[11:45 CEST 24-07] NETHERLANDS – An unnamed Dutch pension fund, aided by consultancy firm Towers Perrin in The Netherlands, is seeking a manager for a $11m (€8m) global emerging markets (GEM) equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Court approves first Parmalat settlement
[16:15 CEST 23-07] GLOBAL – A New York City court, overseeing the class action in the Parmalat case, has approved the $50m (€37m) partial legal settlement related to the Italian firm’s 2003 collapse.
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Flemish Moorslede to create pension fund
[14:00 CEST 23-07] BELGIUM – The Flemish municipality Moorslede has tendered a mandate for a new pension fund for its civil servants.
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Construction major signs €425m return portfolio
[14:00 CEST 20-07] NETHERLANDS – The €850m pension fund of Dutch construction group VolkerWessels have appointed specialist Swiss asset manager EIM Group to manage a €425m absolute return portfolio, IPE has learnt.
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Mortality assumptions increase liability by £50m
[14:30 CEST 19-07] UK – Pension schemes’ liabilities could increase by a quarter because of the wide range of mortality assumptions used, a study has found.
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Hampshire stays with Bramdean alternatives
[12:02 CEST 19-07] UK – The £2.5bn (€3.7bn) Hampshire County Council Pension Fund has renewed its contract with UK-based multi-manager Bramdean Asset Management in a push for alternatives, IPE has learnt today.
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Institutions wade into ABN battle again
[16:45 CEST 18-07] NETHERLANDS – Several of ABN Amro’s heavy-weight institutional shareholders have spoken out against an external committee tasked with overseeing the takeover of he beleaguered Dutch bank.
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IPE-QUEST – $250m pan-European equity mandate
[16:45 CEST 18-07] SCANDINAVIA – A Scandinavian pension fund is looking for an active manager for a $250m (€181.7m) pan-European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Bullish institutions focus on pro-cyclical sectors
[14:30 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Institutional investors globally have adopted a more pro-cyclical stance amid greater confidence in the strength of global growth and improving risk appetite, a survey has found.
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Wednesday people roundup
[12:00 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Principal, BlackRock, Buck Consultants, UBS, F&C, SAM, BIAM, BNP Paribas, Bestrustees
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DNB softens early line on internal supervision
[17:00 CEST 17-07] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank and pension fund regulator (DNB) says it will not initially fine schemes which have yet to implement the newly-required internal supervision.
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FRR ventures into US small cap equities
[16:00 CEST 17-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for two US small cap equity portfolios totalling €500m.
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ABI accused of making false claims on Pensions Bill
[17:00 CEST 16-07] UK – The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is misleading MPs about the effects of the cross-party Pensions Bill amendments to be passed by the House of Commons tomorrow, according to pensions campaigner Ros Altmann.
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Goldman taps into buyout boom
[15:30 CEST 16-07] UK – American investment bank Goldman Sachs has launched a new insurance company with the prospect of tapping into the growing UK buyout market.
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Internal supervision seen as 'misleading’
[13:30 CEST 16-07] NETHERLANDS – The Internal supervision required under new Dutch pension fund governance rules could be misleading, argues Joep Schouten, exiting chairman of pensions provider Cordares.
