All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 5
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Parliament's knight in shining armour
How pleased are you that the pan-European pensions directive has finally become a reality after so many years and how much of a milestone do you think its introduction really is? You can imagine that I am very happy that the Council has been able to accept all the amendments ...
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Why Electrolux aims to go 'blue'
For a surprising number of multinationals operating in Europe, the question of their worldwide pension fund arrangements is less one of streamlining an existing structure and deciding where pan-European pension plans might fit into the equation, than actually figuring out what pension plans the corporation has in place globally and ...
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Fusco takes on key Italian institutional role for ING
ITALY - Marco Fusco has been appointment as head of business development for the institutional business of ING Asset Management Italy..
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AP7 looks at e1bn active currency overlay strategy
SWEDEN – The Stockholm-based e2.9bn AP7 fund looks set to introduce an actively managed currency overlay strategy that could be worth up to e1bn next year, in the pursuit of greater outperformance.
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LODH beefs up fixed income team with hires
UK – The London-based asset management arm of Swiss firm Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (LODH) has appointed Christine Farquhar to head up its fixed income division, as part of a move to boost its bond expertise in the UK.
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UK to propose deferring state pension - Pickering
UK - The UK government will bring forward proposals to make it attractive to defer drawing the state pension, according to Alan Pickering, the chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision.
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French reforms insufficient says Lazard’s Thomas
FRANCE - The current proposed reforms to France’s pay-as-you-go pension system will not be sufficient, says Jean-Pierre Thomas, managing director at Lazard Brothers in Paris.
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ECB cut could be positive for equities say pension funds
EUROZONE - The 50 basis point cut in Euroland interest rates announced by the European Central Bank is seen as having a generally positive effect for pension funds, despite having been largely priced into the market.
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IAPF issues pensions governance booklets
IRELAND - The Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) has launched two new booklets on governance; one on trustee governance and the other on asset governance, for pension funds in the Irish market.
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Irish fund returns still in the red for first quarter
IRELAND - The continuing fall in equity markets compounded the run of negative returns for Irish managed funds in the first quarter of this year with average returns to 31 March standing at –5%, according to data from Irish actuarial consultant Coyle Hamilton.
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Robeco partners with Russell in multi-manager offering
NETHERLANDS –Rotterdam-based investment manager Robeco and US multi-manager operator Frank Russell Company have signed a partnership deal to launch a multi-manager product into the Dutch retail market from autumn this year.
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Eurosif moves to increase SRI fund openness
EUROPE - Eurosif, the European Social Investment Forum, is to pilot the introduction of transparency guidelines for SRI funds in the retail sector this month, in a move which its says could herald similar initiatives for the institutional sector.
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Italian resurgence
Change in Italy is natural. As Dante famously wrote in the Divine Comedy: “The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.” Unless, that is, you’re talking about Italian pension reform. Few Italian governments over the years have strayed near ...
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TNO sticks to its guns
There are not many pension plans in the Netherlands that represent workers across such an eclectic diversity of private/government entities ranging from the qualitative labelling of fruit and vegetables through to the technicians in vehicle crash-test dummy laboratories. This is because the TNO organisation is founded by law in The ...
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Cut through to essentials
After three years in a bear market that has seen asset managers operating in Europe bringing out the magnifying glasses to scrutinise the bottom line of a business formerly held up as the great profit driver, you could expect things to be different for those responsible with plotting the way ...
