All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 29
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Fidelity in Europe/UK personnel reshuffle
UK/EUROPE – Fidelity has appointed Anna Roads to the new position of director of research and product development, pan-Europe....
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Mercer to advise £60m Amey schemes
UK – Amey, the business support and outsourcing services group, has appointed consultant William M. Mercer as its actuarial, investment and communications consultant for its two group pension schemes....
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BGI launches derivatives style institutional fund
UK – Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is offering what it terms “a new approach” to asset allocation for institutional investors through a new investment vehicle, the Ascent Asset Allocation (AAA) fund....
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UK lobby network launches overseas pension group
UK – International Financial Services London (IFSL), the UK cross-sector organisation for the promotion of UK financial services overseas, has set up a pension group consisting of 15 of its members with an interest in the international pensions market, in a bid to co-ordinate the promotion of UK expertise in ...
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Transparency the hedge issue
On the back of plunging markets, pension schemes have been rudely re-awakened to negative returns for the first time in many years. As a result, headspinning research papers debating alternative investment, particularly in hedge funds, are firmly back in the ‘in-tray’ of pension fund managers around the continent. So, where ...
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EMAC's surprise boost for directive
There is light at the end of the seemingly perpetual European pensions directive tunnel. The unanimous vote of the European Monetary Affairs Committee (EMAC) on June 19 to adopt the Karas report on the occupational pensions directive, brings the possibility of a supporting vote by the European Parliament a decisive ...
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Stakeholder won't boost UK savings slump
UK – The trend for savings in the UK has fallen to the lowest level in the EU and signs are that the government’s stakeholder pension scheme is unlikely to prompt any reversal in the trend, according to a survey from market intelligence analysts Key Note....
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Russell and Watsons win Irish reserve fund briefs
IRELAND - The Dublin based Irish National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has selected consultant Frank Russell to advise on the selection of investment managers for the e6.5bn National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF)....
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Belgacom reveals tender plans for e300m new assets
BELGIUM – The country’s largest pension fund, the e3.5bn Belgacom scheme, has revealed its tender proposals for the investment of up to e300m of new asset inflows into hedge funds, real estate and credits....
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Hedge fund association revamps web-site
The Nassau-based Hedge Fund Association has re-launched its web site under the URL www.thehfa.org....
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Mercer to build new fund for Johnson Controls
UK - Automotive and building supplies group Johnson Controls has appointed William M.Mercer to set up a new UK pension scheme for its approximately 3,000 employees....
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Bugnone takes the chair at the EVCA
EUROPE – Edoardo Bugnone has been named as the new chairman of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA)....
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Russell get GIPS standards green light
UK – Multi-manager investment firm Frank Russell has been confirmed as compliant to both the UK Investment Performance Standards (UKIPS) and the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) for its Dublin-based umbrella fund range....
