All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 44
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Private equity falls out of love with Darling
[15:45 CEST 10-10] UK – The UK government has introduced a series of reforms which are designed to improve employees’ access to tax-free pensions cash and post-retirement income but which could also impact the future returns for pension funds on private equity investments.
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EC amends mobile pensions rights directive
[16:40 CEST 09-10] EUROPE – The European Commission has adopted an amended proposal to reduce obstacles to workers' mobility across the European Union, which gives them better preservation of supplementary pension rights.
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Sainsbury pensions pressure builds for Delta Two
[16:30 EST 09-10] UK – Delta Two, the prospective buyers of J Sainsbury, could yet see their £10.6bn (€15.3bn) bid to acquire the supermarket chain scuppered by family shareholders unless it can agree a funding deal with pension fund trustees.
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Irish pensions eye 'Netherlands-style' schemes
[14:15 CEST 09-10] IRELAND – The Irish Association of Pensions Funds (IAPF) is calling on the government to encourage a growth of industry-wide pension arrangements similar to that seen in the Netherlands.
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'Riot point' may take time to disperse - State Street
[16:00 CEST 08-10] GLOBAL – State Street Global Markets is predicting investment markets will continue to be turbulent in the coming months as recent stabilising action of the US Federal Reserve appears at odds with other central banks.
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Solvency II could up pension costs by half - EFRP
[13:45 CEST 05-10] EUROPE - Implementing the Solvency II framework on pension funds could increase occupational schemes’ liabilities by as much as 60%, according to the European Federation For Retirement Provision (EFRP).
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Irish pensions green paper 'imminent'
[17:00 CEST 02-10] IRELAND – The Irish government is preparing to launch its delayed green paper on pension reform and is now expected to unveil it within the month.
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Pensions bodies urge minister to refine indexation
[17:00 CEST 01-10] NETHERLANDS - The umbrella organisations for pension funds and insurers and the Labour Foundation (STAR) have accused Social Affairs’ minister Piet Hein Donner of being in too much of a hurry to develop the indexation label.
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NPRF seeeks technical changes to commodities
[17:00 CEST 28-09] IRELAND – The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) is planning to improve its futures and spot pricing decisions by appointing an external firm to take on the process.
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IPE Quest: Swiss manager seeks US equity
[16:45 CEST 28-09] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss institutional investor is looking to hire an investment house to actively-manage a $150m (€100m) US equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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State pension pays better income than DC – Mercer
[16:15 CEST 28-09] UK – Most employees will get better retirement benefits through their State pension than their with their company’s defined contribution scheme, research from consultants Mercer indicates.
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Gottex wins new local authority mandate
[14:00 CEST 28-09] UK – Lancashire County Council pension fund has hired Gottex Fund Management to manage a £100m (€143m) fund of hedge funds (FoHFs).
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USS cuts costs through commission recapture
[13:00 CEST 28-09] UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension fund expects to reduce its administration costs by around £750,000 (€1.07bn) a year by applying a commission recapture programme to its trading.
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Lovells enters the class action fray
[17:00 CEST 27-09] EUROPE – Lovells, the UK pensions law specialist, is creating its own class action unit to support pension funds seeking securities class actions.
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Study admits statutory Swiss pensions governance needed
[16:30 CEST 27-09] SWITZERLAND – Self-regulatory pension fund governance may not be strong enough to protect pensions in Switzerland, suggests a pension fund study published by Swisscanto.
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IPE-Quest: Dutch fund seeks Euro equities
[13:45 CEST 27-09] NETHERLANDS – A Dutch corporate pension fund is seeking a pan-European equities manager for a $70m-150m (€50m-105m) mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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IPE Quest: German fund seeks TAA and debt
[12:45 CEST 27-09] EUROPE – A German fiduciary manager is tendering two European tactical asset allocation (TAA) and fixed income investment mandates on behalf of a German pension fund (CTA), using IPE Quest.
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EDHEC warns of Solvency II liquidity danger
[17:00 CEST 26-09] FRANCE – Introduction of IFRS standards and Solvency II on insurance companies are more likely to increase liquidity risk on investment markets than tightening the regulation of hedge funds, according to EDHEC business school.
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Pension funds predicted to hit £35bn OTCs use
[16:25 CEST 26-09] UK – Pension funds’ use of derivatives is continuing to grow rapidly and the use of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions is expected to almost double by the end of 2007 compared with last year, suggests data from consultancy firm Watson Wyatt.
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China seeks retirement guidance from Pensions Trust
[16:00 CEST 26-09] UK/China – A delegation of Chinese government officials has met with officials at the UK’s Pension Trust to discuss how it might apply lessons learned from the European management of retirement provision.
