IPE's Belgium Coverage – Page 10
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News
Belgian funds lost 25% in 2008 – Mercer
BELGIUM – Belgian pension funds delivered median returns of minus 25,2% over the year 2008, according to pension consultant Mercer’s Brussels office
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Belgian funds return -20.5% in 2008
[16:40 CET 03-02] BELGIUM – Belgian pension funds suffered a negative return of 20.5% in 2008, the Belgian Association of Pension Institutions (BVPI) has revealed.
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Features
Belgacom goes global
Last year the Belgacom Pension Fund selected eight fund managers and a custodian bank to handle the first tranche of its Bfr55bn ($1.6bn) fund, from the 60-plus respondents to its contract offer. Following an asset liability study to determine the strategic asset allocation, provisional benchmarks and tactical asset limits were ...
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Features
Moving on to a wider stage
The success of foreign fund managers in last year’s Belgacom outsourcing may force the locals to look to their laurels, writes Fennell Betson
