All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 6
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Lothian fund advertises investment manager vacancy
UK – The £2.1bn (€3.2bn) Lothian Pension Fund has advertised a job vacancy for an investment manager.
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Aon launches pension scheme insurance
UK – Insurance broking and risk management firm Aon has launched a pension scheme insurance product.
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Dutch Upper House passes new Pensions Act
NETHERLANDS - The Upper House of Parliament, the Eerste Kamer, has passed the new Pensions Act, according to national news agency ANP.
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UK board wants buy-out disclosure
UK – The UK’s Accounting Standards Board has unveiled new requirements in a bid to improve the disclosure of pensions information – although some observers said it was a “disclosure too far”.
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Mercer principal Stocker joins Lane Clark & Peacock
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock says it has hired Mercer Human Resource Consulting principal Mark Stocker as partner within its London actuarial team.
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BGI launches UK government bond ETFs
UK - Barclays Global Investors has launched two UK government bond Exchange Traded Funds for UK investors.
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Watson Wyatt’s DC ‘gateway’ gets £2bn
UK – Watson Wyatt says its new defined contribution “Investment Gateway” has attracted at least 20 pension schemes and more than £2bn (€2.96bn) of assets.
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UK government rejects longevity bonds
UK – The UK government has rejected the Pensions Commission’s suggestion that it should issue so-called “longevity bonds” to deal with future mortality rates.
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UK pension funds grow to £801bn – statistics office
UK – The value of UK pension funds have risen to just over £800bn (€1.18bn) according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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Mellon, BoNY assessing custody joint ventures
EUROPE – Mellon Financial and the Bank of New York are assessing their respective European custody joint ventures following yesterday’s announcement that they plan to merge.
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SPF Beheer aims to take on six pension clients
NETHERLANDS – SPF Beheer says it aims to take on the asset management of up to six pension funds in the next few years.
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ECB sees pension funds’ role increasing
EUROPE – The European Central Bank says pension funds’ role within financial markets will increase due to the increasing size of retirement assets.
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Giant Dutch-style Norwegian pension fund proposed
NORWAY – A giant Norwegian pension fund along Dutch lines, encompassing the Government Pension Fund as well as cash from the sale of the state’s stakes in large companies and privatisations, has been proposed by an official at Norges Bank.
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Lane Clark launches corporate, trustee practices
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock has launched two specialist investment consulting practices.
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EU pension “maze” costs jobs – Aegon study
NETHERLANDS - The complexity of Europe's diverse national pension systems is driving up costs for multinationals, according to a survey by Aegon.
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3,900 jobs go as BoNY, Mellon merge (Update)
GLOBAL - The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corp. have announced a definitive agreement to merge into a new entity to be called the Bank of New York Mellon Corp (Updates with reaction comment).
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Mercer to review Irish Social Insurance Fund
IRELAND – Mercer Human Resource Consulting has won a €165,000 contract to conduct and actuarial review of Ireland’s Social Insurance Fund for the Department of Social and Family Affairs.
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Curb pension funds’ hedge investment – Riksbank
SWEDEN – The Swedish central bank has suggested that pension funds’ hedge fund investments should be limited to protect pension savers’ investments.
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CSAM names new Germany head
GERMANY - Credit Suisse has named BNP Paribas’ Axel Grosskreutz as the new head of Asset Management in Germany as of January 2.
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IPE AWARDS: Full list of winners
IPE AWARDS – Below is the full list of winners of the 2006 IPE Awards, held today in Paris:
