All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 39
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Individual should choose on biometric risk
EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE SPECIAL – Biometric risk cover in occupational pensions should not be mandatory but must at least be offered by the retirement provider, Othmar Karas – European Parliament rapporteur for the occupational pensions directive has declared....
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F&C warns investors that euro may not be far off
UK – Investment manager Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has warned UK institutional investors that adoption of the euro could come sooner than they think and that they should now be taking pre-emptive steps to prepare portfolios accordingly...
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Northern snaps up Kinney as multi-manager director
UK – Michael Kinney, a former head of research at consultant Bacon & Woodrow, has been brought on board by Northern Trust to become director of its multi-manager affiliate, Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA)...
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Dutch schemes give lowest returns for six years
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds produced their lowest figures for six years in 2000, with the average return coming out at 2.6%, according to performance measurement group WM...
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Multinational pooling profits show wide variations
EUROPE - Multinational pooling of employee benefit risks including pensions can lead to wide variations in profitability depending on the countries covered, according to a new survey by consultants William M. Mercer...
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Window of opportunity may be missed says ERT
EUROPE - The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) has warned governments that they risk squandering a “limited window of opportunity” to undertake serious reforms of their pensions programmes, if action is not taken soon....
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Karas summons Bolkestein to explain tax position
EUROPE - Othmar Karas, European Parliament rapporteur for the occupational pensions directive, says he is to invite European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein to address Parliament over delays in the presentation of proposals for a directive on taxation and to explain suggestions that the Commission will now seek to dilute the initiative ...
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Danes may be handicapped by tax proposals
DENMARK – Danish pension funds would feel little impact under the European directive for occupational pensions in its current form, although they may be handicapped by any pan-European tax agreement, due to the extensive nature of Danish regulation, according to Anne Sierson of Forsikring & Pension – Denmark’s insurance association...
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InvestorForce goes on-line with Measurisk
InvestorForce has struck up a partnership with independent risk management group Measurisk to offer on-line risk monitoring to institutional investors and consultants conducting hedge fund manager searches...
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FTSE gathers views on index proposals
UK – Index provider FTSE has set up a consultation exercise to garner views from UK-based market users over proposed changes to the design of the FTSE SmallCap index...
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Mercer talks 'hot topics' with trustees
UK – Consultant William M.Mercer is launching a series of ‘hot topics’ courses as part of its 2001 programme of pensions knowledge seminars for scheme trustees...
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Private equity holds up strongly in 2000
EUROPE – European private equity continued its strong performance streak of recent years into 2000 with overall results for all fund stages showing a 14.9% pooled IRR (internal rate of return) since inception....
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Mercer records best ever year for manager searches
Consultant William M. Mercer’s Investment Consulting Practice advised on a record 800 investment manager searches last year - a figure it believes represents the highest volume of manager searches ever advised on by an investment consultancy in any one year....
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F&C addresses annuity interest rate issue
UK – Investment management group Foreign & Colonial (F&C) has launched a service aimed at providing insurers with a method of neutralising the impact of interest rate movements on the cost of guaranteed annuity options...
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Put directors' pay to the vote say pension funds
UK – Eight major institutional investors representing over 5% of the UK stock market and including a number of the UK’s largest pension funds, are asking companies to put their remuneration reports to a voluntary shareholder vote, in response to government indecision over whether to make such practice compulsory....
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NAPF and BVCA seek to demystify private equity
UK - The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) have worked together to produce a ‘how to’ booklet on private equity for pension funds considering investment in the asset class...
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Deutsche takes top UK investment funds title
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has scooped the award for best UK investment manager in the Standard & Poor’s Investment Funds Performance Awards 2001...
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Eurex to list Dow Jones Titans derivatives
US/GERMANY – Eurex, the international derivatives exchange is to become the world’s first exchange to list derivatives on a global blue chip index...
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Russell seeks value in weak market
US/EUROPE – Frank Russell has appointed Boston based MFS Institutional Advisors and New Jersey firm Systematic to manage large cap value briefs worth $1.25bn (e1.4bn) and $200m respectively within its multi-manager portfolio range...
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Schroder signals DC growth with new signings
UK - Schroder Pensions has made of raft of new appointments in response to growth in its UK defined contribution (DC) business....
