All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 8
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Mellon makes Brisk move for global COO
Global - Mellon Global Investments has appointed Greg Brisk as chief operations officer (COO)...
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Morley FM in European SRI expansion
UK/Netherlands - Morley Fund Management is to roll out its SRI fund range into the Netherlands in March this year..
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Inalytics hires for buy-side transaction cost team
UK - Inalytics, the transaction cost measurement company has made a string of new hires to augment a new buy-side transaction cost analysis (TCA) team...
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LSE becomes financial information provider
UK – The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has made a significant entry into the area of financial market software and data services provision with the acquisition of Proquote...
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Directive keeps them guessing
When it comes down to multinational pension arrangements in Europe, and, more particularly, the endeavours of European legislators to find a solution to the issue of pan-European pensions, the strangest scenarios can often seem quite commonplace. And so it was at the 2002 IPE Multi Pensions conference in Amsterdam at ...
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Denmark's e20.5bn PFA seeks sound property deal
DENMARK – The e20.5bn PFA pension fund has agreed to buy the Copenhagen Radiohuset – the home of Danish broadcasting – in a deal for an undisclosed sum from Danish property company, Sjaelsø Gruppen.
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TUC demands seat on UK Pension Commission
UK - The UK Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the government to include it in the line up of a new Pension Commission that will look at the issue of compulsory supplementary pension saving....
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Germans lose patience with pension payment rises
GERMANY – A New Year rise in individual social security contribution rates to enable Germany to meet its pay-as-you-go (PAYG) first pillar pension commitments is dominating the political landscape as 2002 comes to a close, according to a report by Bayerische Landesbank.
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Northern Trust unveils pension tax service
EUROPE - Northern Trust has rolled out a new service aimed at multinationals seeking to evaluate the tax implications of pooling the investments of their various international pension funds.
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Features
Very singular focus
It’s been three years now since US west coast bond specialist Pimco was bought out by German giant, Allianz, and around a year since the firm began digesting the subsequent tie-up between Allianz and Dresdner. The firm could be forgiven for feeling a little sluggish on the back of such ...
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Denmark switches lanes
It’s hard to avoid the traffic lights in Denmark these days. When the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA) introduced its two new colour-coded stress tests to assess the financial strength of life insurers and pensions institutions, Danish pension funds suddenly found themselves slamming the brakes on a steadily rising exposure ...
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Finns cross boundaries
This has been the year when asset liability management reasserted itself in Finland in the light of difficult markets and the need to meet tight solvency regulations. While the investment trends that became apparent at the time of the euro introduction are still evident, the focus has clearly shifted to ...
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Finland: discretionary management to rise
FINLAND - Around 20% of Finnish institutional investors say they will increase their use of discretionary and mutual fund management by the end of 2004, according to an industry report released in November by Scandinavian Financial Research (SFR).
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ABP says funds need longer investment horizons
NETHERLANDS- Jean Frijns, CIO of Europe’s largest pension fund, the 146 billion Euro Heerlen-based ABP, today opened the seminar for the second annual IPE Awards with a warning to pension funds that extreme market events are becoming more frequent - resulting in greater short-term volatility and a need for longer ...
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Special Report
Message from on high
Hermes, the pensions management firm, wholly-owned by the BT pension scheme, is living up to its moniker with the unveiling of its new corporate governance charter – ‘The Hermes Principles’, which it believes could send an important message to institutional shareholders about how they invest in companies. The 10 principles, ...
