All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 53
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Europe needs to clean up its bond act – Louanges
[16:42 CEST 14-06] EUROPE – The European Union (EU) and other debt issuers need to agree to make the European bond market easier to trade, argues fixed income manager Pimco.
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Inflation-wary institutions fear rate hikes
[16:45 CEST 13-06] EUROPE – Institutional investors are forecasting higher short and long-term interest rates amid growing concerns of rising inflation, a survey has found.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:14 CEST 13-06] GLOBAL – ING IM, Hansa, BoNY, bfinance, Punter Southall, State Street, SAM, SEI, Bank of Ireland, JPMorgan, Sprenkels & Verschuren, BDO Stoy Hayward, Abbey, Invesco.
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AFM appoints new chairman
[10:59 CEST 11/06] NETHERLANDS – Former Dutch health minister Hans Hoogervorst will succeed Arthur Docters van Leeuwen as chairman of the Financial Markets Authority (AFM).
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Greek government steps in to rescue bond deal
[16:58 CEST 08/06] GREECE/UK – JPMorgan has re-opened its offer until 5pm GMT today to repurchase the scandal-struck Greek structured bonds after the Greek government intervened to save yesterday’s rejected deal.
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“We don’t believe in LDI” – Munsters
[16:55 CEST 08/06] NETHERLANDS – The €212bn Dutch pension fund ABP says it does not believe Liability Driven Investments should be included in its new strategic investment plan.
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Cardano’s UK recruitment drive continues
[16:54 CEST 08/06] UK – Cardano Risk Management is continuing its UK recruitment drive with the appointment of a new chief financial officer and yet another Hewitt consultant.
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Greek funds reject JP Morgan bond offer
[16:56 CEST 07/06] GREECE/UK – Greek pension funds have rejected the offer by JP Morgan and hedge fund North Asset Management to repurchase a Greek government structured bond, branded dubious by ministers.
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Overlap of indexation label supervision "should be avoided" - ABP
[17:55 CEST 07/06] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension giant ABP says an overlap could arise in the supervision by DNB and AFM of the indexation label.
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Blue Sky hires successor to Satumalaij
[16:53 CEST 07/06] NETHERLANDS – Blue Sky Group, the manager of Dutch airline KLM’s pension fund assets, has appointed Hidde Frequin as its new real estate fund manager.
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Small schemes' trustees in conflict of interest
[13:17 CEST 07/06] UK – Small pension funds’ trustees boards will encounter conflicts of interest with their corporate sponsor, according to David Blackwood, group treasurer at paints producer ICI.
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Wednesday people roundup
[17:13 CEST 06/06] GLOBAL – Renaissance, Baring, Watson Wyatt, Allianz, SEB, NIBC, BoNY, SSgA, Aon, Henderson, Schroders, Insight, Wellington, Commerzbank.
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Co-operative fund on diversification streak
[16:28 CEST 05/06] UK - The new £5.5bn career average Co-operative Group Pension Scheme is adjusting its equity/bond split in favour of diversification into currency, commodities and infrastructure.
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ABP taps directly into indexation bonds
[16:27 CEST 05/06] NETHERLANDS – The €212bn Dutch ABP pension fund will increase its asset allocation in indexation bonds to 7% by 2009 via its ‘own instruments’.
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PGGM economist Kraneveld joins State Street and SBTK
[17:07 CEST 04/06] NETHERLANDS – Pension heavyweight Peter Kraneveld, former head of international affairs at the €86bn Dutch PGGM fund, has taken up two new advisory positions, IPE has learnt.
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Belgian ‘silver fund’ tops €15bn
[17:05 CEST 04/06] BELGIUM – The Belgian ‘silver fund’, the reserve fund set up in 2001 by the federal government to bolster first-pillar pensions, has so far grown to €15.1bn.
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Dutch giants go clean
[16:59 CEST 04/06] NETHERLANDS – The two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PGGM, will put €500m in “clean technology”, the funds announced in a joint statement today.
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Belgian occupational funds return 9.25%
[16:36 CEST 01/06] BELGIUM - The average Belgian occupational pension fund returned 9.25% in 2006 – a very positive result, according to the Belgian Association of Pension Funds (BVPI).
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New Dutch body to pool financial strength
[16:31 CEST 01/06] NETHERLANDS – The Netherlands wants to promote the country as a financial centre by creating a new agency which will also focus on exporting pensions knowledge.
