All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 61
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Finland’s Varma names Murto as new CIO
FINLAND - Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co. has named Risto Murto as chief investment officer, taking over from the retiring Jorma Leinonen.
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New Dutch postal fund to be set up
NETHERLANDS - Dutch postal operator TNT is to set up a new career-average pension fund for around 20,000 post deliverers.
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Changes to UK PPF levy broadly welcomed
UK – The Pension Protection Fund’s plans to change the risk-based levy have been broadly welcomed by the industry today.
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IPE's Hurst wins SSGA fund management award
EUROPE - Martin Hurst, Features Writer at IPE Magazine, has won the Best Fund Management Trade Journalist award at State Street Global Advisors' annual UK institutional press awards.
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EU sees UCITS role in occupational pensions
EUROPE – Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, says UCITS investment funds are a ready-made solution for defined contribution occupational pensions.
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WH Smith adopts State Street LDI approach
UK - The trustees of retailer WH Smith's pension scheme have moved to a liability-driven investing approach from State Street in a bid to limit volatility and cut risk.
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ABN Amro names new asset management CEO
GLOBAL – ABN Amro has named Sarah Russell, an Australian who joined the bank in 1994, as chief executive of its asset management division.
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ABP grows by €8.6bn to €186.9bn
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, got even bigger in the third quarter – growing by €8.6bn to €186.9bn with a 4.6% investment return.
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Watson Wyatt seeking manager researchers
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt has advertised job vacancies for manager researchers, based in Reigate or London.
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IPE-QUEST: European bank tenders three mandates
EUROPE – A European bank has tendered three mandates, covering UK and Ireland equities via IPE-Quest.
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Fund-of-hedge-funds ‘worst for seven years’
GLOBAL – Fund-of-hedge fund managers are suffering the worst market conditions for seven years, according to Standard & Poor’s.
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Global pensions forum set for Jordan
GLOBAL - Amman, Jordan, is to play host to the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions in December.
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NAPF chairman rounds on MPs
UK – Robin Ellison, the chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds, has lambasted MPs as part of a wide-ranging critique of the UK’s pension policy apparatus.
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CEIOPS gets closer to sister committees
EUROPE – The European pension supervisory committee CEIOPS is getting closer to its sister banking and securities committees with the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
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IPE-QUEST: Tenders for up to $100m in US bonds
SWITZERLAND – Lugano-based consultant Kieger has tendered up to $100m (€83m) in actively managed US government bonds via IPE-Quest.
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Consultants give good advice - researcher
UK – Pension consultants generally give trustees good advice, says the head of a new firm which tracks the effectiveness of advice.
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ABP unlikely to go cross-border – Maassen
EUROPE – Dutch civil service scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP is unlikely to move from the Netherlands despite the new pensions directive, says the fund’s pensions director Jaap Maassen.
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Call for asset managers to run pensions
EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association, the investment fund trade body, says it will press for the industry to offer occupational pensions.
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Gallaher puts extra €72m with JP Morgan
UK - The pension fund of tobacco firm Gallaher has put an extra £50m (€72.8m) with JP Morgan Asset Management.
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Uncertainty over UK pension scheme VAT
UK – The UK’s tax authorities have postponed changes to the VAT regime for pension funds following representations from the National Association of Pension Funds.
