All articles by Jim Robinson – Page 9
-
NewsState Street Global Advisors to acquire Bank of Ireland AM for €57m
GLOBAL – Boston-based State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is set to acquire Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) for approximately €57m in cash.
-
News
Friday people roundup
GLOBAL – Dalriada Trustees, Xafinity, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, UBS, Schroders, Standish Mellon Asset Management
-
.jpg)
NewsSYZ integrates institutional activities into new AM division
SWITZERLAND – SYZ has integrated its institutional asset management activities into a newly created division, SYZ Asset Management (SYZ AM).
-
NewsEurope 'riding coat tails' of stimulus expectations in US
GLOBAL – The prospect of additional quantitative easing (QE) in the US has "breathed life" into the European macroeconomic outlook, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for October.
-
NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Mercer, Union Bancaire Privée, State Street Global Advisors, Olivetree Securities, Towers Watson
-
NewsInstitutional investors flock to Stewardship Code
GLOBAL – The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published the names of institutional investors that have signed up to the Stewardship Code.
-
NewsIOSCO forms task force on OTC derivatives regulation
EUROPE – The Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has formed a task force on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives regulation.
-
NewsErste Group Bank's Johannes Leobacher dies
EUROPE – Johannes Leobacher, board member at Austria-based Erste Group Bank, has died at the age of 45.
-
NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – Mercer, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, Heptagon Capital, JO Hambro Investment Management, BlackRock, Amundi Asset Management
-
NewsBrevan Howard to launch structured credit fund
UK – Brevan Howard Capital Management, which manages more than $32bn (€22.8bn) across 13 funds, is planning to launch a structured credit fund called BH Credit Catalysts.
-
FeaturesPortugal: The private sector problem
Reforms to public sector pensions have not been matched by measures to encourage private saving, writes Jim Robinson
-
FeaturesSpain: Ill-prepared for austerity
Bloated and unsustainable public provision has stifled private pensions while political wrangling and the pressure for austerity is hampering reform efforts, writes Jim Robinson
-
NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – Aon Hewitt, James Caird Asset Management, The Carbon Disclosure Project
-
NewsUK Pension Protection Fund proposes new levy formula
UK – The UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has proposed a new formula for calculating the pension protection levy from 2012-13 onwards.
-
NewsHutton's interim report receives warm welcome from industry
UK – Lord Hutton's interim report on UK public sector pension reform has generally been welcomed by the pensions industry, with commentators recognising the difficult balancing act between protecting employees' pension rights and ensuring the system is sustainable and affordable.
-
NewsTPR transfer guidance creates dilemma for trustees, says Mercer
UK – The UK Pensions Regulator's draft guidance on transfer incentive exercises may create unrealistically high expectations of trustees, Mercer has warned.
-
NewsMandate roundup: Investec, Nykredit, BAA Pension Trust, Xafinity Paymaster, Japan Tobacco
GLOBAL – Investec Asset Management has been appointed to sub-advise a newly launched emerging markets debt fund by Denmark's Nykredit Asset Management.
-
NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Previs Personalvorsorgestiftung, French Public Service Additional Pension Scheme, KAS Bank, Baring Asset Management, AXA Investment Managers, F&C Investments, State Street Corporation
-
NewsAP7's Peter Norman to become Sweden's financial markets minister
SWEDEN – Peter Norman, executive president at AP7, the Seventh National Pension Fund in Sweden, is set to replace Mats Odell as the country's minister for financial markets.
-
NewsIrish roundup: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, Rubicon Investment Consulting
IRELAND – The Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme – the joint pension scheme for workers at Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport Authority and former employees of SR Technics – may have to be split as part of arrangements to plug the €500m deficit in the scheme.
