All articles by Helen Avery – Page 26
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MLIM says it’s winning mandates again
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers says it won around half of all the pitches for mandates it made in the first quarter.
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Call for single European asset management market
EUROPE – A single European market in asset management could increase the overall size of a pension by nine percent for the average investor, says the UK’s Investment Management Association.
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Citigroup AM hires Doyle from Allianz Dresdner
UK – Citigroup Asset management has appointed Frank Doyle of Allianz Dresdner Asset Management to head up institutional sale in the UK and Ireland.
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West Sussex tenders property portfolio
UK – The 750 million pound (1.05 billion euro) West Sussex County Council pension fund has put its direct property portfolio up for tender.
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New EU states to have hot property markets
EUROPE – Property investments in countries that are about to join the European Union look very favourable, but tread carefully - so says Matthew Ryall of LaSalle Investments.
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London pension fund moves into private equity
UK – The London Pension Fund Authority is tendering a private equity mandate worth between 50 to 75 million pounds (70-105 million euros) after deciding to start investing in the asset class.
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Guinness pension fund appoints Morgan Stanley
IRELAND – The 1.2 billion euro Guinness Ireland group pensions scheme has appointed Morgan Stanley Investment Managers to run an 110 million euro European fixed income mandate.
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Pension reform hits Gaz de France credit rating
FRANCE – French utility Gaz de France has had its long-term corporate rating lowered to AA by Standard & Poor’s, partially as a result of the future pension reform in France.
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Dutch pension fund tenders mandate via IPE-Quest
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has put out to tender a euro zone equities enhanced index mandate via IPE-Quest.
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UK’s Surrey Council looking for custodian
UK – Surrey county council is looking for a global custodian for its 850 million pound pension fund following Deutsche Bank’s exit from the custody market.
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Denmark’s ATP increases property allocation
GERMANY – ATP, the 31.2 billion euro Danish supplementary pensions scheme, says it will increase its allocation to property by the end of 2005 and move away from domestic dominated property.
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Cross-border property investing on the rise
GERMANY - Cross-border investing in property by institutions is becoming more popular and investors should be looking at forming a regional rather than a domestic strategy – that’s the message from the IPD property conference in Wiesbaden.
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Germany’s ABA seeks corporate pension boost
GERMANY – The main themes of the German pension industry body ABA’s conference in Bonn were to encourage German companies to offer pension schemes - and dispel criticism that the process is too complicated.
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German pension accounting under review
GERMANY – A new accounting standard is set to have a major impact on the German pension system, says consultancy firm Hoefer.
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Minister says Germans need occupational schemes
GERMANY - Germans should not only be investing in their pensions through Riester-Rente but also through occupational pension schemes - says German labour minister Ulla Schmidt.
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Afpen concerned over French pension reform
FRANCE – Afpen, the French pension funds association, has expressed concerns about the government’s proposals for retirement savings plans.
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New European property investment body to launch
EUROPE – A new pan-European body for investors in non-listed real estate is to launch next week which hopes to tackle the issues arising in the growing market.
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Unions outraged as AXA changes pension terms
UK – AXA UK faces strong union opposition after announcing it will make members of its non-contributory pension scheme contribute up to five percent of their salary.
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MLIM wins E572m IMI mandate
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has been appointed to run a 410 million pound (572 million euro) mandate for the pension fund of international engineering business IMI plc.
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France’s Raffarin presents pension reform plans
FRANCE – French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has presented the proposals for pensions reform to the council of ministers and president Jacques Chirac and is awaiting approval on May 28.
