All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 46
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Insurer trials postcode annuities boost
[15:30 CEST 31-08] UK – A new scheme is being piloted in the UK which could see pensions annuities in part calculated according to where an individual lives.
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'Return-seeking' assets favoured by schemes
[16:45 CEST 30-08] UK – Four out of five final salary scheme sponsors would still prefer to have a significant exposure to 'return-seeking investments' despite recent market volatility, a study by Watson Wyatt suggests.
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EFAMA expects short-term investment slowdown
[15:30 CEST 30-08] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Managers Association (EFAMA) is predicting investors will reassess their future exposure to money market funds investing in asset-backed securities (ABS) following recent turbulence in the investment markets.
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SLI’s private equity goes LLP
[16:00 CEST 30-08] UK- Standard Life Investments has followed suit with the rest of the fund industry and altered the legal status of its private equity operation in a bid to retain key members of the investment team.
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Finnish fund edges towards alternatives limit
[15:00 CEST 30-08] FINLAND – VER, Finland’s state pension fund, is increasing its weighting in alternative investments, following strong gains in alternatives and equities earlier this year.
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F&C eyes passive growth of diversified portfolios
[17:00 CEST 29-08] UK – F&C Asset Management is taking a new approach to the delivery of balanced portfolios and diversified growth funds for pension funds by launching an offering designed to be largely passive in nature.
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Review delivers SLI higher Pensions Trust
[11:00 CEST 29-08] UK – Standard Life Investments has been awarded an expanded remit to manage fixed income investments for the Pensions Trust.
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Hackney looks to GTAA and currency
[16:30 CEST 28-08] UK – The London Borough of Hackney pension fund is considering making its first foray into global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) and currency overlay.
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ABP names new directors
[16:00 CEST 28-08] NETHERLANDS - The €211bn civil service scheme ABP has named two new members on the board of directors, including Sluimers’ replacement as chief financial officer (CFO).
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Nordic pension funds predict alternatives outsourcing
[15:00 CEST 28-08] EUROPE – Nordic pension funds increasingly expect to outsource the management of alternative investments to third parties but some local investments may move more in-house, according to a study conducted by Kirstein Finansrådgivning.
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Lower correlation eyed as Irish funding holds
[13:00 CEST 24-08] EUROPE – Irish pension funds have proved go be more resilient to recent market turmoil than anticipated, research has revealed.
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Pioneer's new signing signals moves into Nordic space
[11:11 CEST 21-08] NORDIC – Dublin-based asset manager Pioneer Investments is expanding into the Nordic region and has made a key institutional appointment to head its Swedish office.
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Annuity pricing squeeze cuts funding strain
[16:30 CEST 20-08] UK - Pension funds will continue to see significant pressure on their solvency levels over the coming months even though the arrival of new buyout firms has reduced annuity pricing pressures, consultancy Mercer has suggested.
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Politicians call for pension valuation reforms
[15:00 CEST 20-08] UK – The government should scrap a requirement on defined benefit pension funds to value liabilities based on fixed income bonds as it would encourage more employers to open new final salary schemes, a Conservative Party policy team has argued.
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LGPI stays strong on equity returns
[12:30 CEST 20-08] FINLAND – A dip in the equity markets earlier this year failed to impact strong returns for the Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI), suggest the pension fund’s first-half figures.
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Market contagion "could hurt fixed income shift"
[16:30 CEST 16-08] EUROPE – Pension funds could be hit by current investment market turbulence more than initially expected because trustees have been expanding fixed income mandates to gain higher returns as well as move assets out of equities.
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Royal life insurers say no to merger
[16:00 CEST 15-08] UK – Mutual life insurance firms Royal London and Royal Liver have called off talks designed to look at the possibility of the merging the companies.
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Citigroup signs first full pension buyout
[16:00 CEST 15-08] UK – Financial services firm Citigroup has made its first step in the pension fund buyout arena with the purchase of a £200m (€294m) defined benefit pension fund previously owned by Thomson Regional Newspapers (TRN).
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Pension funds want to hold residential property - BPF
UK - Pension funds are interested in investing in UK residential property vehicles if some form of institutional residential investment market can be established, according to the British Property Federation (BPF). Gareth Lewis, director of
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European investors sought money safety in Q1
[15:50 CEST 08-08] GLOBAL – Assets held by investment funds grew to over €17trn in the first quarter of this year but figures presented by European trade association EFAMA suggest European investors may have played safe when shifting assets from equities in the March downturn.
