All articles by IPE staff – Page 42
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Opra publishes guide for scheme auditors
UK- Pensions regulator the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) has published a guide outlining the auditor's role and reporting requirements under the 1995 Pensions Act.
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Three institutions launch RFPs worth a total $190m
GLOBAL- A continental European insurance company is looking, via the electronic manager search system IPE-Quest.com, for a manager to oversee a $100m corporate Eurodollar debt mandate.
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Houston police pick Ashmore for emerging markets
US/UK- Houston’s Police Officer pension scheme has appointed the specialist investment manager Ashmore IM to run a $60m (e63m) emerging market debt mandate.
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Frey named as new European Securities Forum CEO
SWITZERLAND/UK- Werner Frey has been named as the new chief executive of the European Securities Forum, the group of banks pushing for cheaper cross border clearing and settlement across European exchanges.
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MLIM appoints UK pension fund relationship manager
UK- Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has appointed Steven Blackie as relationship manager for UK pension funds. He will report to Sarah Aitken, head of UK institutional relationship management at MLIM.
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Italian moves stalled
The pensions reform package to the closed pensions market in Italy has run into trouble and is unlikely to be passed, warns Roberto Casanova at Milan-based financial consultants IAMA Consulting. Were the package passed, IAMA predicts assets under management in the closed pension fund industry will grow from E3.6bn to ...
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SwissAir names five sub-fund managers for e600m
SwissAir has announced the names of managers appointed to run e600m in five sub-funds belonging to the recently restructured pension scheme. The fund has appointed managers to five mandates, each valued at approximately e120m. Wellington has been appointed to run both an active US equities and an active European equities ...
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Beck replaces Kent as ESF chairman
UK- Joan Beck has been named as a replacement to Pen Kent as chairman of the European Securities Forum, a group of banks pushing for cheaper cross border clearing and settlement across European exchanges.
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Watson Wyatt publishes latest benefits report
UK- Watson Wyatt has announced the launch of two reports, one covering benefits in western Europe, Canada and the USA and another monitoring employment terms and conditions in western Europe.
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FTSE makes SRI index entry tests more stringent
UK- Index provider FTSE Group has revised its SRI indices FTSE4Good and introduced more comprehensive environmental standards that companies have to meet to qualify for inclusion. FTSE says the changes mean that all companies, not just those most likely to affect the environment, will have to meet the more rigorous ...
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AIMSE opens debate on Dutch third party management
NETHERLANDS- AIMSE International, the association for investment management sales and marketing professionals, is organising a meeting focusing on the emerging trend for large Dutch pension funds to set up their in-house investment teams as third-party asset managers.
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Barnett Waddingham announces new partners
UK- Independent actuarial partnership Barnett Waddingham has announced the appointment of two new partners and seven associates.
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State Street appoints Deutsche's GSS head of sales
GERMANY- State Street Bank in Munich has scored a hit with the appointment of Stefan Gmuer, Deutsche Bank’s head of sales for its global securities services division.
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Hymans Robertson names new partners
UK- Actuarial and consulting firm Hymans Robertson has announced the appointment of five new partners: David Bowie is head of quantitative analysis in the firm’s investment practice and has been with Hymans since 2000 when he joined from the WM Company.
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Northern wins e17bn Varma-Sampo custody contract
FINLAND/UK- The e17bn Varma-Sampo fund has appointed Northern Trust to provide a full range of global custody services including securities lending, cash management, foreign exchange, and web-based reporting and accounting.
