All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 42
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IPE-Quest: Dutch fund seeks fiduciary manager
[16:50 CET 21-11] NETHERLANDS - A Dutch corporate pension fund is searching for a fiduciary investment manager, using IPE-Quest.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:45 CET 21-11] GLOBAL – People roundup: ATP, Akkermans Stroobants & Partners, Punter Southall, Watson Wyatt, Aon, BNP, Santander, Otane, ICML, Jupiter, Barings, Credit Suisse, CFA.
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First 130/30 index unveiled
[16:15 CET 20-11] GLOBAL – Standard & Poor’s has launched the first 130/30 strategy index, and begun by linking to activity of S&P 500 stocks.
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Smurfit goes to Invesco
[17:00 CET 19-11] UK – Two pension funds of the manufacturing firm Smurfit Kappa have handed asset manager Invesco Perpetual a mandate to manage some of its UK equities.
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EC brings microfinance to Europe
[16:45 CET 19-11] EUROPE – The European Commission is seeking to support the development of microfinance initiatives across Europe by implementing a regime to improve access to the non-banking credit scheme.
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Asset managers launch to tap market uncertainty
[15:30 CET 19-11] UK – Two new investment houses are entering the UK institutional market with services aimed at the European pension funds arena.
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Hewitt eyes risk as Watson Wyatt looks to DC
[15:15 CET 19-11] UK/EUROPE - Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has unveiled a pension provider research database services detailing how schemes operate across Europe, at the same time as rival firm Hewitt is turning its attention to enhancing pension funds' risk and reward potential.
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PensCorp secures Telent deal
[14:00 CET 16-11] UK - Edmund Truell's Pension Corporation has finally managed to secure a deal to buy the former Marconi pension fund for £398m (€570m).
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IPE Awards: Fewer choices and hybrids are pensions future - Nijman
[12:30 CET 16-11] EUROPE - Mandatory contributions, limited choices and nybrid schemes are the "optimum" future of pensions take-up in Europe, according to pensions academic Theo Nijman.
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IPE AWARDS: Ambachtsheer honoured for industry contribution
[23:55 CET 15-11] IPE AWARDS – Keith Ambachtsheer, the world-renowned expert in pensions, has been recognised for his services to the international pensions market with an Outstanding Industry Contribution award at this year’s IPE Awards in Vienna.
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IPE AWARDS – Pensioenfonds KBC named Best European Fund
[23:45 CET 15-11] IPE AWARDS – Belgium’s Pensioenfonds KBC was named Best European Pension Fund 2007 at the seventh annual IPE Awards ceremony in Vienna this evening.
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IPE AWARDS: Full list of 2007 winners
[23:45 CET 15-11] IPE AWARDS - One individual and 27 European pension funds were presented with awards tonight for excellence in pension fund management, at this year’s European Pension Fund Awards in Vienna.
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True pension cost "higher than realised" – Waddingham
[13:00 CET 15-11] UK – The true cost of pensions could be twice the amount employers might initially have expected to see contributed to an individual’s retirement plan, according to Adrian Waddingham, senior partner at UK consultancy Barnett Waddingham.
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Solvency II "will kill DB plans" - Blake
[16:30 CET 14-11] EUROPE – Applying Solvency II requirements to pension funding could be the “final nail in the coffin” for final salary schemes, director of the Pensions Institute Professor David Blake has told IPE.
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Mercer study warns of European 'hybrid' costs
[16:00 CET 14-11] GLOBAL – Pension schemes will face increasing government intervention and higher costs has more and more pension arrangements are moving to defined contribution or hybrid systems, consultancy firm Mercer has claimed.
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Sweden and Netherlands climb European pension ranks
[15:30 CET 13-11] EUROPE – Denmark still has the best overall pensions system in Europe and the Netherlands and Sweden now sit in joint second place but Portugal and Italian governments need to act to improve people’s retirement incomes, according to a study by Aon Consulting.
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SWIP finally secures new CEO
[11:35 CET 13-11] UK - Dean Buckley has been named as the new chief executive of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), almost 10 months after the position became vacant.
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Standard Life leaves Pearl to pursue Resolution
[16:00 CET 12-11] UK – Insurance and investment firm Pearl Group is one step closer to a merger with rival firm Resolution Group as Standard Life has now pulled out of talks to buy the asset house.
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Irish bodies increase mandate needs
[16:30 CET 09-11] IRELAND – The Irish Pensions Board and National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) have issued several mandates to assist with pension fund management, including a tender for a €600m emerging markets investment.
