All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 66
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ECB sees role for pension funds in new EU states
EUROPE – The European Central Bank says it expects a greater role for pension funds in the new European Union member states.
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Finnish schemes get boost from equities
FINLAND – Finnish pension organizations made a 12.9% return on equities in the first half of the year, according to Tela, the Finnish Pension Alliance.
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MLIM hires F&C Netherlands' van den Heuvel
NETHERLANDS - Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has hired André van den Heuvel from rival F&C to head institutional sales and client service in the Netherlands, a new role.
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Horeca to expand private equity
NETHERLANDS – Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering industry fund, is looking at expanding its private equity coverage.
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Pension funds ‘central to world financial system’
GLOBAL – Pension funds are becoming more central to the global financial system because of the way they invest, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Consultant Fideas launches with €300m
EUROPE - New consulting firm Fideas Capital has officially launched, with clients having entrusted €300m in assets.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish manager tenders €30m
DENMARK – Consulting firm Kirstein Finans has tendered €30m in pan-European equities on behalf of a Danish asset manager via IPE-Quest.
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Dutch schemes need €255bn of long bonds – IMF
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds are estimated to require more than €250bn of long-term bonds to help them match liabilities, the International Monetary Fund says.
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EFRP chief sees “shadows” over pension directive
EUROPE – Jaap Maassen, the chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, has warned there are “shadows” over the implementation of the pension fund directive.
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CEIOPS sees supervisory challenges in directive
EUROPE – CEIOPS, the European pensions supervisory committee, says there are “particular challenges” in the transposition of the pensions directive due to differences at the member state level.
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France’s FRR returns 7.63% on invested mandates
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund, made a return of 7.63% on its invested mandates in the first half of the year.
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IPE-QUEST: €30m in European equities tendered
EUROPE – Swiss investment consultant Kottmann Advisory has tendered a €30m actively managed pan-European equities brief via IPE-Quest on behalf of a client.
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NAPF calls for standing commission on pensions
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has called for an independent standing commission on pensions.
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Henderson names hedge fund director
UK - Henderson Global Investors has promoted Kate O'Neill to director of hedge funds.
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50 staff to transfer in Achmea custody deal
LUXEMBOURG – Achmea has signed an agreement with Crédit Agricole on the transfer of the Dutch firm’s Luxembourg-based securities services activities.
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Shell pension chief sees three sources of return
NETHERLANDS – Sijb Bartlema, chief investment officer of Shell Pensioenfonds, has explained why he thinks there are three sources of investment return (Corrects spelling of name).
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Morgan Stanley asset management chief exits
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley says Mitchell Merin is to retire as president and chief operating officer of its investment management arm.
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ECB’s Trichet backs asset management regulation
EUROPE – Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, says the ECB backs the idea of “regulatory intervention” in asset management.
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UK’s Turner sees role for funded pensions
UK – Pensions Commission chairman Adair Turner says more saving into funded pensions should be part of the response to the demographic challenge facing the UK.
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Dutch FTK makes pensions clear, minister says
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pensions minister Aart Jan de Geus has defended the delayed financial assessment framework, or FTK, saying it helps to remove the industry’s “secret code”.
