All articles by IPE staff – Page 58
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UK funds review SRI issues
UK - Jardine Reeves Brown consultants and actuaries has published its fourth annual ‘Survey into Pension Plan Compliance and Standards’ in the UK.
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Overlay team at Barclays
UK - Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays in London, is launching a new FX outsourcing service for corporate and institutional clients by forming a currency overlay team.
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SSgA and MSCI team up on ETFs
EUROPE - The opportunities that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can bring to European investors have driven Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and MSCI to sign an agreement to launch a range of MSCI-based ETFs.
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Greek strike
GREECE - Greek bank employees carried out a two day strike in October in support of consolidation of the industry’s pension fund system, amidst fears that future pensions could be in jeopardy.
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Elmgren quits SPP for new IT fund
SWEDEN - Staffen Elmgren, vice president of Sweden’s SPP Investment Management is leaving to set up New Economy, a fund specialising in IT, telecoms and media companies.
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Trading cost system launched
EUROPE - A new trading cost analysis service for European-based pension funds has been launched by the WM Company and Elkins/McSherry.
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PPM pulls in 70% of Swedes
SWEDEN - Around 70% of Swedes in the north of the country have chosen to actively invest their assets in the second round of selection under the PPM (Premium Pensions Authority) national pension scheme.
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New Danish consultancy
DENMARK - Jørgen Leschly has left SkandiaLink, the Danish Unitlink arm of Skandia group, to start a new consultancy, DCG Consulting, based in Copenhagen.
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Van Rees steps down at OPF
NETHERLANDS - Henri J Thoman, currently director of the executive body of KLM Pension Fund based in Amstelveen, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dutch OPF, Association of Company Pension Funds, effective on January 1, next year.
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Robeco venture
NETHERLANDS Robeco has plucked a team of alternative investment specialists from NIB Private Equity, the venture capital joint venture of Dutch superfunds ABP and PGGM, to form part of a new alternative investments business unit.
