All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 3
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
EUROPE – A Swiss institutional investor is seeking managers for a series of active equities mandates via four new searches on the IPE-Quest system.
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Paternoster extends State Street deal
UK - Paternoster, the defined benefit pension insurance group, has extended its existing relationship with State Street.
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Belgian pension funds return +8.4%
BELGIUM - Belgian pension funds delivered median returns of +8.4% in 2006, according to the 20th edition of Mercer's annual Pension Investment Performance Survey.
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HSBC pension fund slashes equity allocation
UK – Global banking group HSBC has slashed the equity allocation of its main UK pension fund and moved into interest-rate and inflation-swaps.
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Robeco plans to offer manager selection
NETHERLANDS - Robeco, the asset management arm of Rabobank, plans to offer manager selection for institutional investors this year.
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UK's PPF recruiting investment chief
UK - The Pension Protection Fund is looking to recruit a chief investment officer, a new role.
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Henderson opts for LDI for own scheme
UK – Asset manager Henderson Global Investors is to shift its own defined benefit pension scheme into a Liability Driven Investment structure.
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Hewitt Associates opens Russia office
RUSSIA - Hewitt Associates, the pension consulting and human resources firm has opened its first office in Russia.
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DeAM names global institutional product head
GLOBAL – Deutsche Asset Management has named Sal. Oppenheim’s Frank Klein as its new global head of institutional product management and development.
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ING pension fund awards €2.2bn to Bank of NY
NETHERLANDS - The €10bn pension fund of Dutch finance giant ING has awarded a €2.2bn fixed income global custody mandate to the Bank of New York.
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Mercer chief executive earns $2.3m
GLOBAL – Michele Burns, the new chief executive at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, earned $2.3m (€1.7m) in 2006.
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BNP Paribas deal nets €44bn of custody assets
EUROPE – BNP Paribas Securities Services has gained more than £30bn (€44bn) in custody assets with an agreement to acquire RBS International Securities Services.
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Irish reserve fund’s real estate chief departs
IRELAND – Ian Gleeson, head of property at Ireland’s €18.8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, is to join Morley Fund Management.
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Philips sets up Luxembourg pan-European scheme
LUXEMBOURG – Electronics giant Philips has set up a Luxembourg-based pan-European pension fund in accordance with the IORP directive on occupational pension funds.
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IPE-QUEST: €1.6bn of new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are 15 new searches from a variety of different institutions – worth up to a combined $2.2bn (€1.6bn) of assets - currently on the IPE-Quest system.
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UK’s NAPF responds as pensions tax row escalates
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has responded to what has become a major political row over the government’s decision a decade ago to remove Advanced Corporation Tax Relief from pension funds.
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OECD to study pension costs and returns
GLOBAL - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is to commission two reports covering pension funds’ costs and returns.
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Bank of NY axed at Buckinghamshire fund
UK - Buckinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has hired ABN Amro Mellon to replace the Bank of New York as its custodian.
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Fit for purpose and ready for the future
The pensions industry has emerged from the past 10 years stronger and in good shape world-wide to tackle the challenges ahead, writes Daniel Brooksbank
