All articles by Fennell Betson – Page 18
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Stroobants outlines future after leaving VKG/CPM
BELGIUM- Karel Stroobants, the former general manager of the VKG/CPM pension fund in Brussels, has broken his silence about his future plans.
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EC directive will not complete in next six months
EU member states have come closer together in recent months in their positions about the EC’s proposed pensions directive, said Jean-Yves Muyelle of the commission. “However, there is not as yet agreement among them,” he added.
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Henkel joins new chemical sector fund
GERMANY- The German chemical group Henkel has decided to make the new Chemical sector Pensionsfond available to its German workforce, says the group’s benefits manager Wolfgang Lorz, based at headquarters in Dusseldorf.
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Drive to increase pensions coverage
If anyone should be purring, it is Anne Maher, of the Pensions Board in Ireland, where she is chief executive. Last month, the new Pensions Act passed through both houses of parliament and was signed by president McAleese. This was the culmination of five years of work for the Pensions ...
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A man for all weathers
Aegon may trace its roots back to 1844, but chairman of the executive board Kees Storm, thankfully skips nearly 150 years of history, when bringing you up to date on the insurance group’s recent performance. Post 1983 is the start of modern times for the Dutch insurer in his view, ...
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‘Untouchable’
The National Pensions Reserve Fund in Ireland was purposely structured to enable it to match the returns achieved by private pension funds, the fund’s main architect, finance minister Charlie McCreevy told the recent UK and Irish Pensions & Investment Summit in Dublin. “The fund’s investment strategy and management was conducted ...
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NAPF and APUT launch property best practice code
UK- Investment in property is set to become more transparent following the launch in London by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and Association of Property Unit Trusts (APUT) of a new code of best practice for the management and accountability of property funds.
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Style Research opens up in America
US/UK- London-based style analytics firm Style Research (SR) has set up operations in the US to develop the North American market. “We have a number of clients already in the US and Canada and a number of business partners, with whom we want to develop additional services,” says Robert Schwob, ...
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First German sponsored Pensionsfond gets go-ahead
GERMANY - The German chemical employers association, the Bundesarbeitgeberband Chemie (BAVC) and the industry’s trade union, the Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Rnergie (IG-BCE), have received the go-ahead to launch Germany’s first sponsored Pensionsfond – the first grouping to do so.
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Xerox's tried and tested strategy
Even for longterm investors 10 years is a longtime in the life of a pension fund. This is exactly how long ago the investment strategy of the £1.5bn (E2.4bn) Xerox pension fund in the UK was put in place. “We have just had our tenth anniversary of this and what ...
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'Sweet spot in Europe'
Indexed asset management worldwide was given its annual work-out in Barcelona at the World Cup of Indexing, organised by IMN, and was found to be in good shape, despite the assault of poor equity markets. The development of indexing in Europe was put in context by Massoud Mussavian of Goldman ...
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PVF Achmea: the background
About 10 years ago PVF operated as a body to run pension schemes. Its services included advice to pension plan sponsors on policy matters, management of funds’ investments, pensions administration, collection of contributions and payment of benefits. It also looked after running early retirement and disability insurance cover. Today PVF ...
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Brasseur quits Belgium Pension Fund Association
BELGIUM- The director of the Belgian Association of Pension Funds in Brussels, Leon Brasseur has decided to leave the association and to develop his career directly within the pensions industry. Brasseur, who has been with the association for three years, has seen its activities grow across a number of fronts. ...
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Lack of EU harmonisation is punishing institutions
UK/Europe - The tax and regulatory aspects of Europe are increasing the costs of investment managers, according to David Newton of PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. Both these issues reflect the extent to which the single market was not working and were “costing institutions a lot of money”.
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Hallman new ABN AMRO Mellon head of European sales
UK – Keith Hallman has been promoted to the position of head of European sales for ABN AMRO Mellon, the global custody services joint venture for operations outside North America.
