All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 36
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Van Buuren joins Dutch manager-of-managers
NETHERLANDS – Diderik van Buuren, the former managing director of UAM Investment Services’ Dutch office before its recent closure, has joined Amsterdam based manager-of-managers firm VermoegensGroep as a partner with responsibility for institutional business development....
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Schroders to expand Dutch and Belgian presence
NETHERLANDS - Pieter van Daalen, formerly of Rotterdam based investment group Robeco, is to join Schroder Investment Management as managing director of the group’s Amsterdam office in July, as part of an expansion programme in the Dutch and Belgian institutional and retail markets....
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Indocam becomes Crédit Agricole Asset Management
FRANCE – Indocam, the investment management arm of France’s largest retail bank Crédit Agricole, has changed its name to Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM), following an EGM of the group in Paris....
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Giant Swiss fund goes passive for SFr1.5bn
SWITZERLAND - The SFr20bn (e13.1bn) Geneva-based Swiss Social Security fund AHV-Fonds has appointed two new asset managers for passive global equity mandates totalling SFr. 1.5bn, in the first tactical switch following changes in Swiss law earlier this year…
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Van den Brink switches metalworkers funds
NETHERLANDS - Roland van den Brink, manager of acquisition and strategy with Rijswijk based Mn Services, the recently split fund management and administration arm of the NLG40bn (e18bn) Dutch metal and technical industries pension fund, BPMT, is to leave the group and take up the role of managing director at ...
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Thornton takes top European slot at Watson Wyatt
EUROPE - Paul Thornton is to become the new senior partner at consultant Watson Wyatt Partners, the European arm of Watson Wyatt Worldwide, following the retirement of Bob Masding on April 30….
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SFr10bn fund elects president to begin outsourcing
SWITZERLAND - The newly created SFr10bn (e6.5bn) pension foundation for the Swiss post office has elected Jurg Puchar as president of the board, in advance of a full board announcement and details of investment outsourcing expected in mid-May....
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Indocam buys alternative investment outfit
FRANCE/US – Indocam, the asset management arm of France’s Crédit Agricole group, has entered into an agreement to buy Alternative Investment Partners (AIP), the Franco-American alternative investment management specialist, for an undisclosed sum....
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Palladyne loses CEO and changes business tack
NETHERLANDS – Erik van Dijk, the former principle and CEO of Palladyne Asset Management in Amsterdam has left the company and is believed to be pursuing research interests in the US....
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European Commission issues tax 'Communication'
PAN-EUROPEAN PENSIONS SPECIAL – The European Commission today issued a communication as opposed to a full-blown directive on the issue of tax harmonisation for cross-border provision of occupational pension schemes....
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Member states should go EET pensions tax route
PAN-EUROPEAN PENSIONS SPECIAL – The European Commission has called for member states to look closely at moving to a harmonised EET (exempt contributions, exempt capital gains, taxed benefits) system for pensions taxation, saying that it would “broadly welcome” its greater acceptance amongst member states....
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EC puts forward cross-border pension fund proposal
PAN-EUROPEAN PENSIONS SPECIAL – The European Commission (EC) has taken on board many of the proposals of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) for a tax neutral pan-European occupational pensions vehicle for multinational companies in today’s (April 19) communication....
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Tax Communication harks back to 1977 directive
PAN-EUROPEAN PENSIONS SPECIAL – The issue of today’s communication on cross-border tax harmonisation for occupational pension plans by the European Commission harks back to a directive issued nearly 30 years ago on exchange of information by member states....
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Sweden's AP3 seeks managers for $150m bond brief
SWEDEN – The SEK130bn (e15bn) Swedish government AP3 fund has issued an RFP for management of an expected $150m (e171m) US corporate bond (investment grade) mandate...
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Sector funds pool DKr1.5bn with T. Rowe Price
DENMARK – Three sector-wide Danish pension funds have pooled assets and appointed US investment manager T. Rowe Price to run a DKr1.5bn (e201m) global high-yield bond brief....
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Insurers threaten to sue on German pension reform
GERMANY – The Berlin based German life insurance association is threatening to take legal action against the German government if it presses ahead with its forthcoming pensions reform package….
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Delays expected on European pensions directive
EUROPE – The European directive on supplementary pensions may not be ratified by the Parliament until the end of the summer, following a delay in the adoption of the Karas report in the European Monetary Affairs Committee (EMAC)....
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ABP to introduce DC pension top-up in June
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund the e150bn ABP scheme for Dutch civil servants is to introduce a defined contribution (DC) type, top-up arrangement for employees on June 1, to take advantage of a change in the Dutch tax regime that occurred at the start of this year….
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Dutch fund looks at third-party service support
NETHERLANDS – Rijswijk based Mn Services, the recently split fund management services arm of the NLG40bn (e18bn) Dutch metal and technical industries pension fund has signed a declaration of intent on co-operation with support services provider Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, in its bid to court third-party pension fund business….
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European surge in demand for CFA certificate
EUROPE – This year has seen a boom in demand from investment professionals to take the global Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certificate, with numbers applying in Europe for the 2001 March deadline shooting up by 42% in one year....
