Investor Strategy – Page 163
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Overhyped pension buyout market falters – Aon
[16:15 CET 19-11] UK – Both the number of cases and the total value of business placed in the UK's pension buyout market have fallen in the third quarter of this year.
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IPE Awards: 130/30 craze is "overplayed"
[15:45 CET 19-11] GLOBAL – The hype around long-short investment products, such as 130/30 strategies, is very much overplayed, delegates at the annual IPE Awards in Vienna were told.
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Hewitt eyes risk as Watson Wyatt looks to DC
[15:15 CET 19-11] UK/EUROPE - Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has unveiled a pension provider research database services detailing how schemes operate across Europe, at the same time as rival firm Hewitt is turning its attention to enhancing pension funds' risk and reward potential.
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IPE Awards: Small schemes should focus on strategy
[16:30 CET 15-11] AUSTRIA – Small to medium-sized pension funds should focus more on their strategy, and less on portfolio management, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Vienna was told today.
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Norway fund pushes for more active management
[12:00 CET 15-11] NORWAY - The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global is looking to hire more staff for its offices in Oslo, New York, Shanghai and London, in a push to widen its scope of active management.
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Danish premier eyes PenSam programme
[16:00 CET 09-11] DENMARK - Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited the offices of labour market pension scheme PenSam this morning, to learn about a project to reduce the number of people taking early retirement on health grounds.
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Few schemes allow for longer longevity projections
[12:00 CET 09-11] UK – Less than 1% of UK pension fund sponsors leave room for wider mortality improvement factors to value future liabilities, says Barnett Waddingham.
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PPM wants to 'wake up' DC members
[15:15 CET 06-11] SWEDEN – The Premium Pension Authority PPM is planning to send a reminder to 600,000 members of the compulsory defined contribution system who have not changed their fund selection since entering.
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130/30 approach benefits fixed-income mandates - Barings
[15:00 CET 06-11] GLOBAL - A 130/30 approach can benefit not only equity but also fixed-income investors, according to international investment firm Barings.
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AP7 names portfolio revamp technology
[16:30 CET 30-10] SWEDEN – The Swedish buffer fund AP7 has applied the New Frontier Advisors' IT platform for its latest major strategic asset allocation review.
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Former minister calls for local pensions ringfence
[16:30 CET 29-10] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds should support the domestic financial services industry by ring-fencing capital for domestic investment managers, former foreign affairs minister Ben Bot has suggested.
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Cable & Wireless considers buyout
[16:15 CEST 29-10] UK – Telecoms group Cable & Wireless (C&W) is in the early stages of talks to sell off its £2bn UK pension fund, IPE has learnt.
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Morley keeps watch on European diversified launch
[14:00 CET 29-10] UK - Aviva’s asset management arm Morley has launched a multi-asset fund targeted at smaller UK pension funds but which it hopes to be able to roll out across Europe in due course.
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PKA and Sampension act on Burma
[16:45 CEST 26-10] DENMARK – More Danish pension funds are moving to offload holdings in French oil company Total and US firm Chevron, in support of the Danish government’s stance on trade with politically-troubled Burma.
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Bank of Ireland secures LifeBalance deal
[16:58 CEST 25-10] IRELAND – The Bank of Ireland has agreed a deal with union officials to introduce a hybrid DB/DC pension scheme, following the closure of its final salary scheme last year.
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Swedish firm eyes fiduciary trail
[14:30 CEST 24-10] NETHERLANDS – The €400m Dutch scheme of the Swedish hygiene goods and paper multinational Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) is contemplating fiduciary management, IPE has learned.
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ATP makes first move on Burma investments
[16:30 CEST 23-10] DENMARK - Danish labour market pension fund ATP said it has decided to sell its shares in Total and other oil companies that work directly with Myanmar Oil.
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Research finds Dutch are willing to go part-time
[12:30 CEST 23-10] NETHERLANDS – Over half of Dutch employees are prepared to keep on working part-time after the official retirement age of 65, according to pensions and ageing think-tank Netspar.
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ABP sets date for fund’s split
[16:45 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – The €215bn Dutch ABP pension scheme has today named the date for its earlier announced split into a fund and an - as yet nameless - separate administration body.
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Italian €3bn Previndai fund tenders bonds and equities
[16:40 CEST 19-10] ITALY – Previndai, the €3bn Italian industry wide pension fund for managers of industrial companies, has launched a major investment manager search for several bond and equity mandates, IPE has learned.
