All articles by Cecile Sourbes. – Page 16
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News
UK pension schemes warming to fiduciary management – Aon Hewitt
Nearly a fifth of schemes have already delegated investment decisions, consultancy says.
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NewsCourt rejects Lehman Brothers, Nortel appeal in UK pensions regulator case
Watchdog had asked companies to pay £148m and £2.1bn, respectively, to cover deficits.
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NewsLow bond yields to push UK pension funds into re-risking strategies – JPM
Many schemes expecting to adopt re-risking strategies in 4Q, says JP Morgan Securities Services.
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE Quest, Oxfordshire County Council, Draka UK
European insurance company tenders $25m-40m value equity mandate, using IPE Quest.
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NewsInstitutional traders look to Asia, but lament equity market fragmentation
Institutional traders facing challenging environment in Europe, survey shows.
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NewsQ&A with Ángel Martínez-Aldama: Tough times for Spanish pension funds
IPE speaks with director of investment and pension fund association Inverco.
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NewsDutch pensions industry tops Mercer Global Pension index
Netherlands records highest mark for third year running, with a score of 78.3 out of 100.
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NewsDynamic asset allocation boosts returns 3.5% a year – Aviva Investors
Dynamic strategy also reduces overall volatility, while downside risk falls by 4%.
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NewsInstitutional commitments to infrastructure, PE real estate drop in Q3
Fundraising for infrastructure, private equity real estate falls by 44% and 16%, respectively.
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NewsFrench pension fund sues Barclays Capital over subordinated debt deal
FRANCE – UMR claims Barclays committed fraud, mismanagement over €200m of subordinated debt.
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NewsUK pension funds call 'urgent' meeting with regulator over quantitative easing
National Association of Pension Funds says QE2 will make deficits look 'artificially large'.
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Features
Swiss funds welcome minimum exchange rate
The recent falls in equity and bond markets – added to the losses from foreign exchange risks – have caused Swiss pension funds to shiver in recent months. But the decision taken by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on 6 September to set a minimum exchange rate of CHF1.20 to ...
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Country Report
Spain: Shift from conventional assets?
Some see diversification as a trump card as they weather domestic and global economic turbulence, writes Cecile Sourbes
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE Quest, BPF Schilders, Altis
German pension scheme to invest €22m in frontier emerging markets equities.
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NewsSolvency II could hurt private equity investment, local pension funds warn
FRANCE – Inspection Générale des Finances report says investment in French SMEs is 'insufficient'.
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NewsEuropean pension funds warming to frontier markets, says Templeton AM
Asset manager notes growing interest among schemes in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
