All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 43
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Globalisation of pension strategies rising fast
More than 50% of multinationals now co-ordinate their global pension fund investments from head office - a figure expected to jump sharply to around three quarters within two years...
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UK mixed with property funds slump in 2000
UK pooled mixed with property funds returned a median of -3.8% for 2000, according to figures from UK performance measurer CAPS – only the fourth time the funds have recorded negative figures in 25 years...
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Karas gives direction on European directive
EUROPE - Othmar Karas, European Parliament rapporteur for the long awaited supplementary pensions directive, has issued a working document laying down the salient points for debate during the forthcoming parliamentary session - on an issue which is rapidly becoming one of the parliament’s most controversial for some time...
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Lifetime guarantee to settle pension fund fears
BELGIUM - The Belgian government is to introduce a system of lifetime guarantee rates for sector-wide pension funds to defuse the concerns of existing occupational schemes...
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Rothschild ratchets up £58m mandate win
UK - Coventry based Alfred Herbert Limited, the former machine tool manufacturer has dropped Phillips & Drew to appoint Rothschild Asset Management to mandates worth £58m (e91m)...
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Van Tuyll elected to chair AIMA
AIMA – the London based Alternative Investment Management Association has elected Hans-Willem van Tuyll as its new chairman...
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T. Rowe Price gets green light from IMRO
T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, the institutional marketing/sales arm in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the Baltimore based US investment manager, has received IMRO approval to begin rolling out its operations...
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Dexia courts Luxembourg pensions business
LUXEMBOURG – The Dexia Insurance group has launched a new subsidiary - Dexia Insurance & Pensions Services - to position itself for the expected growth in companies setting up local and international pension funds...
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KPMG launches 'international' pension fund
LUXEMBOURG - International accounting firm KPMG has set up a SEPCAV pension fund for partners and managers in Luxembourg - a potentially pan-European scheme which it may extend to its international workforce...
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Romanian former communists block pensions law
ROMANIA - The newly elected government has repealed fledgling law passed by its predecessors in December for the implementation of compulsory second pillar pension funds...
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Property tops equities for 2000
UK – Total returns on property for the year 2000 came out at 8.1% according to figures from the Insignia Richard Ellis All Property index...
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De Ponti to head up DrKW's Italian investments
ITALY - Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has appointed Paola Giannotti De Ponti as head of investment banking in Italy...
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UK schemes may be flouting law for part-timers
UK – Occupational pension schemes could be breaking the law by not offering access to part-time workers...
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Lucas promotes Macdougall to top slot
UK - TRW Investment Management has appointed William Macdougall as managing director and chief investment officer...
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Pecoma launches pooled pension plan
LUXEMBOURG - Pensions consultant Pecoma International is to launch a new pooled retirement vehicle ‘Luxpension’ this spring for small and medium sized enterprises...
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ASIP to fight stamp tax 'burden' on pension funds
SWITZERLAND - ASIP, the Swiss association of retirement institutes says it will lobby the government to overturn recent provisional legislation cancelling an exemption on stamp duties for foreign investment by Swiss banks and pension funds.
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Dutch regulator rebrands and names new chairman
NETHERLANDS - Supervisory body also warns that major appraisal of Dutch pension fund actuarial principles could take years...
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Costs soaring say UK schemes
UK - Ninety four per cent of UK pension funds say the management and provision of occupational pension schemes demand more company resources today than five years ago – a figure they expect to worsen...
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CDC rebrands for the new year
FRANCE - The Paris based former CDC Asset Management has seen in the new-year with a name change, becoming CDC IXIS.
