All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 42
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Neyt to bridge Belgacom company/pension gap
BELGIUM - Phillip Neyt, director general of the e2.5bn Brussels based Belgacom pension scheme, has been appointed chairman of a new Treasury Council, set up within the Belgacom group to harmonise the relationship between the company and its pension funds and exploit any potential business upside...
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Proximus mobilises for new pension fund
BELGIUM - Proximus, the mobile phone subsidiary of Belgacom – the Belgian telecommunications group – is to create its own pension fund in the coming months, with projected annual inflows of e10m...
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Dutch superfund ventures forward with SSgA
ABP, the world’s second largest pension fund, has struck up a strategic alliance with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to invest seed capital in fledgling specialist asset management firms...
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FTSE becomes international benchmark for CalPers
FTSE has become the sole index provider for $160bn US superfund CalPers’ $36bn in international equities....
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Dutch chemists opt for multi-manager prescription
The NLG1.6bn (e726m) PMA (Pensionfonds Medewerkers Apotheken) pension fund for Dutch pharmacists, based in The Hague, has outsourced almost its entire investment portfolio through an extensive multi-manager structure...
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Bundestag passes crucial German pension reform
GERMANY - The Bundestag passed legislation on Friday (Jan 26) to reform the country's pension system giving tax advantaged status to third pillar private pension funds and simultaneously proposing the creation of a new pensions regulator...
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CCF to spearhead HSBC charge into Europe
FRANCE - Paris based CCF Capital Management (CCF CM) has changed its name to HSBC Asset Management Europe SA, in a move which will see it front a large part of HSBC’s investment management activities in continental Europe...
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ABN AMRO Mellon wraps up IR£1.4bn custody deal
An Post, the IR£1.4bn (e1.78bn) pension scheme of the Irish Post Office, has awarded the global custody for the fund to ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services...
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Union call to arms against pension age increases
FRANCE - The country's powerful trade unions are calling on their members to demonstrate in the streets today (Thursday 25) in protest at proposals by employer groups (le patronat) and the federation of French companies MEDEF to abolish the current retirement age of 60...
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Parliament opens out directive debate to industry
EUROPE - The European Parliament is to hold an open public hearing on the forthcoming directive on supplementary pensions -allowing interested parties in the European pensions and investment industry to add their views to the already heated debate...
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Spain's third pillar funds shaky for 2000
SPAIN - individual pension plans slumped to negative performance figures for 2000, according to Inverco – the Spanish pension funds association...
