All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 41
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Fortis eyes asset management acquisitions
EUROPE - Fortis Investments will look at further "strategic acquisitions", says chief executive Richard Wohanka.
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JP Morgan's Paterson joins NAPF
UK - JP Morgan Asset Management's David Paterson is to take over as head of corporate governance at the National Association of Pension Funds from Geoff Lindey.
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UK actuaries want permanent Pension Commission
UK – UK actuaries have become the latest group to call for a permanent Pensions Commission.
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RWE outlines discount rate sensitivity
GERMANY – German utility group RWE says a one-percentage-point decrease in the pension discount rate could increase its overall pension obligations by more than €2.5bn.
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Coyle and Capita in Irish DC pact
IRELAND – Coyle Hamilton Willis says it has teamed up with Capita Hartshead to launch a defined contribution management service in Ireland.
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Vanguard launches $10bn pension pooling fund
IRELAND – Vanguard Investments has launched an Ireland-based pension pooling fund with more than $10bn (€8.4bn) of assets.
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Finland’s Keva invests in Hermes European fund
FINLAND – The €17.1bn Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution, Keva, has invested in Hermes’ European Focus Fund.
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AEGON signs 775 Dutch levensloop contracts
NETHERLANDS – AEGON says it has signed 775 levensloop, or ‘lifecycle’, pension contracts with employers in the Netherlands.
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MSCI Barra names Europe client head
EUROPE – MSCI Barra has named Fitch Ratings’ Adam Djanogly as its new head of client business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Pension Protection Fund CEO steps down
UK - Myra Kinghorn, chief executive of the Pension Protection Fund, is to step down in the spring – less than a year after it began operations.
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IPE-QUEST: Four new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are four new searches - for global fixed income, enhanced equities, euro zone bonds and Russian equities - on IPE-Quest.
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Irish reserve fund officially re-tenders €6.3bn
IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency has now officially tendered €6.3bn in passive equities on behalf of the National Pensions Reserve Fund.
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BlackRock facing review at AP1
SWEDEN – AP1 is set to review the SEK5.1bn (€541m) US enhanced corporate bond brief it has with BlackRock.
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Finland’s Tapiola Pension returns 9.2%
FINLAND – The Tapiola Pension Mutual Insurance Company's return on investment rose to 9.2% in 2005, from 7.2% a year before.
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Be aware of advisor conflicts - IAPF Conference
IRELAND – The Irish Association of Pension Funds was warned today about the potential conflicts of interest that may emerge in the new investment advisor landscape.
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Delegates vote active managers - IAPF Conference
IRELAND – Delegates to the Irish Association of Pension Funds annual investment conference in Dublin today voted narrowly in favour of using active investment managers.
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Goldman Sachs AM names new Europe head
GLOBAL – Goldman Sachs Asset Management has shuffled its senior management, with European co-head Suzanne Donohoe returning to the US and Stephen Fitzgerald becoming Europe and Asia head.
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Lane Clark launches covenant consulting
UK – Consulting actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock has launched a consulting service focused on the employer covenant for pensions.
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State Street confident in Delphi pension case
US – State Street Corp. is confident going into a court case brought against it by Delphi Corp. employees who claim the bank lost millions of dollars from their pension plan.
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PWC nabs Hewitt’s Mody
UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers has hired Hewitt Associates’ Raj Mody for its UK pensions practice.
