All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 51
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Virtual debate on challenges
November saw the first-ever IPe-Symposium, an online conference for the European pension industry. The topic for the free event was “The challenges in meeting Europe’s occupational pensions liabilities”. Some of the most senior figures in the field participated and some 668 delegates, from 46 countries, registered to participate - with ...
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Asset allocation game
The asset allocation game was chaired by Karel Stroobants of Akkerman Stroobants in Brussels and focused on how the imaginary ‘Easy Going’ pension fund should handle its asset allocation, on which the attendees were invited to vote. Six asset management executives - Darrell Riley of T Rowe Price, Craig Scholl ...
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Sampo consolidates Baltic pension operations
BALTIC – Finland's Sampo group has consolidated its life and pensions operations in the Baltic region.
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CAPS says UK equity weightings at new low
UK – Balanced pooled funds’ UK equity weightings are at a new low, according to the latest CAPS pooled pension fund update.
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EU Commission calls for flexible retirement ages
EUROPE – The European Commission says the right policy response to increasing life expectancy may be flexible retirement ages.
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London Pension Fund pulls €677m from Henderson
UK – The London Pension Fund Authority has pulled a total of £460m (€677m) from Henderson Global Investors as part of an investment review.
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F&C puts 2005 asset outflows at €11.5bn
UK - F&C Asset Management expects to post net asset outflows of around £7.8bn (€11.5bn) in 2005 – excluding the previously announced €20bn insurance withdrawals.
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UK body to review pension liabilities disclosure
UK – The UK’s corporate financial reporting regulator is to review best practice for firms’ disclosure of pensions liabilities.
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Horeca moves into commodities
NETHERLANDS - Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme, has awarded a passive commodities mandate to Western Asset Management.
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Rentokil closes DB scheme, cuts equities
UK – Pest-control firm Rentokil is to close its final salary defined benefit pension scheme and cut equities exposure in a bid to address its £325m (€481m) deficit.
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PGGM names new head of strategy & research
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the Dutch health care pension fund, has named Jaap van Dam as head of strategy and research.
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Mercer parent MMC names new CFO
GLOBAL – Marsh & McLennan, the parent company of Mercer and Putnam, has named a new chief financial officer to take over from Sandra Wijnberg.
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Fiduciary Trust in management reshuffle
GLOBAL – Anne Tatlock is to retire as chairman and chief executive at Franklin Resources’ Fiduciary Trust Co. in the autumn of 2006.
