All articles by Helen Avery – Page 7
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Aon confident on big UK firms’ pension deficits
UK – The pensions deficits of FTSE 100 companies could be wiped out in just over one year’s time, according to analysis by Aon Consulting.
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European pension funds eye commodities - Goldman
EUROPE – European pension funds are showing increased interest in commodities as an alternative asset class, says Catherine Claydon, managing director of European Pensions and Insurance at Goldman Sachs International.
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PGGM investment chief wary of hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – Roderick Munsters, managing director of investments at the 49.7 billion-euro Dutch healthcare scheme PGGM, says the fund does not regard hedge funds as an asset class.
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Fortis CEO: mid-size firms to survive shake-out
EUROPE – Consolidation of the fund management industry will occur, but mid-sized firms do still have a chance of surviving, says Richard Wohanka, chief executive at Fortis Investments.
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ABP returns 1.8%, coverage ratio static at 104%
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Dutch civil service pension fund, has announced a 1.8% return in the third quarter, and says it is pursuing “a cautious path to recovery”.
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Pension funds to have large role in SRI - report
EUROPE – Socially responsible investment among European institutional investors is increasing, and pension funds will play a large role in developing the market further, says Eurosif.
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AXA IM names Italy distribution head
ITALY – Marco Fusco has moved from ING Asset Management Italy to head up head of distribution at AXA Investment Managers Italia.
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Watson’s Douse sees new era in pension products
EUROPE – The needs of pension funds have changed, which has resulted in a new era in pension fund products, says Watson Wyatt Worldwide partner Susan Douse.
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Experts in call to scrap PAYG pension systems
EUROPE - Arun Muralidhar today presented the ideas for a global pensions reform that he prepared with the late Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Franco Modigliani.
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French pension system “to take time to develop”
FRANCE – Following its pension reform in August, France now has a third pillar and extended second pillar pensions system – though development will take time, says the head of the French pension fund association.
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Pensions directive faces regulatory hurdles - Pickering
EUROPE - The biggest obstacle in implementing the European pensions directive efficiently could be the member state regulators, says Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision.
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Italy set to see more foreign fund managers
ITALY - The role of foreign fund managers in the Italian pensions market will increase with transparency and regulatory pressure, says Massimo Greco, managing director and country head at J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management.
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Italian pension fund market faces obstacles
ITALY - The Italian pension fund market has great growth potential, but there are still obstacles that need to be overcome, says Laurent Huck, chief executive officer of Invesco Italia.
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Germany: PensMart finds communication vital
GERMANY - Communication is essential if the German occupational pensions market is to truly develop - this is the consensus of the delegates at the PensMart fifth annual European Pensions Market Forum 2003 in Frankfurt today.
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UBS sees unbundled German pensions market
GERMANY - The German pensions market is likely to see its services unbundled towards a more specialist approach, according to Tim Blackwell, managing director of UBS Global Asset Management in Germany.
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Portuguese pension funds return 1.4% in Q3
PORTUGAL – Portuguese pension funds returned 1.4% for the third quarter, according to research from Watson Wyatt.
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Nordea sells pension services arm to Gabler
NORWAY – Nordea AB has sold its pension services arm to Norwegian consultant Gabler Radgivning.
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Bayersiche Versorgungskammer taps SSGA for E860m
GERMANY – State Street Global Advisers has been appointed to run just under one billion dollars (860 million euros) in mandates for the Bayersiche Versorgungskammer.
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Russian pension savings set to reach E28bn
RUSSIA – Pension savings of Russian citizens are expected to total one trillion roubles (28.3 billion euros) by 2010, says deputy finance minister Bella Zlatkis.
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Mercer HR names two France managers
FRANCE – Mercer Human Resources has added two senior members to its business in France.
