All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 11
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EC presses ahead with plans to end CEIOPS
[16:55 CEST 23-09] EUROPE – The European Commission is going ahead with plans to scrap the existing supervision of EU regulation, as well as the body which supervises pensions and replace it with a new system designed to give officials more authority over key decision-making.
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High-earner pension planning falls under corporate spotlight
[16:30 CEST 23-09] UK – Towers Perrin has revealed FURBS-style pension products are seeing a resurgence of interest, as companies with employees who earn more than £150,000 (€) a year are looking to assist staff who may have to pay pensions tax upfront from next year, when a 50% tax ...
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[14:15 CEST 23-09] GLOBAL – Ignis AM, Impax AM, Hewitt Associates, BlueCrest Capital Management, Brown Brothers Harriman, F&C IT, Pioneer Investments, MetLife Europe
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NewsMercer picks up a sweet contract
[17:15 CEST 22-09] IRELAND/UK - Mercer has been appointed by Lindt & Sprüngli, the Swiss chocolate manufacturer, to advise its UK and Irish businesses concerning its defined contribution pension plans and risk benefits.
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Pensions can be delivered at 12% cost - think-tank
[17:00 CEST 22-09] UK – The pensions threshold within which personal accounts holders can save should be raised beyond the current £3,600 proposed by the government, but doing so might be beneficial to policyholders as evidence suggests pensions can be delivered for a total charge of 0.5%, according to a study conducted a policy think-tank.
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NewsPNO Media makes Principal decision over GEM equity
[16:00 CEST 22-09] NETHERLANDS – PNO Media, the €2.543bn pension fund for the media, has appointed Principal Global Investors to manage a global emerging markets equity mandate.
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Investor to target global alternatives
[16:45 CEST 21-09] IPE-QUEST – A European institutional investor is venturing into global alternative investments and is looking to hire a suitable manager, using IPE Quest.
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Personal accounts could lead to mis-selling, claims think tank
[16:15 CEST 21-09] UK – The introduction of UK personal accounts could increase the risk of the UK population being missold pensions unless key changes are made to help deliver great returns and flexibility at retirement, a right-wing UK think tank has claimed.
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High yield debt defaults are at peak - Threadneedle
[16:55 CEST 17-09] GLOBAL – Asset owners looking tap high yield bond opportunities created by the credit crunch may have missed the best returns, according to asset management Threadneedle, as a predicted fall in default rates from the beginning of next year is likely to lead to a tightening of ...
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OECD pushes need for life expectancy link to pensions
[16:00 CEST 17-09] GLOBAL – Seventeen OECD countries have yet to implement some form of link to life expectancy against pensions, yet doing so might be a way for governments to convince individuals that they must bear some of the cost of providing for retirement, suggests a report delivered by an OECD pensions expert.
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SBZ completes investment outsourcing in tough market
[16:00 CEST 16-09] NETHERLANDS – SBZ, the €2.3bn pension fund for health insurance employees, has completed the final stage of its outsourcing to Russell Investments and moved its indirect real estate holding to the asset manager, following a sale of its direct domestic holdings.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:00 CEST 16-09] GLOBAL – Northern Trust, Russell Investments, Aviva Investors, Aon Consulting, Buck Consultants, Laven Partners, Prupim, ICAP, Campbell Lutyens
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Risk management must incorporate ‘human biases’ - paper
[16:25 CEST 15-09] GLOBAL – Risk managers are being advised to take more notice of the ‘human’ element when investing in the financial markets, as white paper research suggests economic theory cannot truly work unless it incorporates human emotional traits.
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Collaboration improves pension benefits - report
[16:50 CEST 04-09] GLOBAL – Pension fund boards may be able to deliver improved returns and lower costs if they collaborate with other, larger, parties to provide enhance benefits over time, and if they apply governance structures with higher expertise, claims a report examining pensions and healthcare regimes across the ...
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Swiss analysts dismiss pension funds’ stabilising role
[16:00 CEST 04-09] GERMANY/SWITZERLAND – Swiss financial analysts disagree with their German counterparts about the stabilising role of pension funds in turbulent markets, a survey commissioned by Allianz has found.
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AIFM depository could increase systemic risk - EFAMA
[16:30 CEST 03-09] EUROPE – The European asset management industry’s central lobbying group has warned key changes are still needed to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive or politicians could end up ratifying legislation which in fact increases the potential for systemic risk.
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FeaturesBelgium: The challenge of small funds
Julie Henderson assesses Belgium’s pensions landscape and finds that with a large number of small funds, economies of scale may be needed
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NewsGerman governance reforms were not good enough - Hermes
[16:50 CEST 28-08] EUROPE – Hermes Fund Managers has sent an open letter to German government officials and companies listed on the Dax and Mdax stock exchanges, calling for reforms to recent legislation which was designed to strengthen corporate governance and “the appropriateness of management board remuneration”.
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NewsNorway's giant pension funds get new CIO
[16:20 CEST 28-08] NORWAY - Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has appointed an internal candidate to take on the role of chief investment officer, and given Bengt Enge the job of overseeing the company's investment management and that of the giant Norwegian pension funds.
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NewsDiageo uses escrow funds to plug pensions deficit
[16:00 CEST 28-08] UK – Diageo, the drinks giant, is transferring money set aside in an escrow account into its closed defined benefit pension fund, in a bid to improve the scheme’s deficit.
