All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 50
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Credit Suisse to diversify LDI into euros
[10:55 CEST 06/06] EUROPE - Credit Suisse is expanding its liability driven investment offering into the European pensions sector with the launch of a Euro Diversified Growth LDI fund later this summer.
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USS faces pressure over Sudan
[16:27 CEST 01/06] UK - The €44bn UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is facing pressure from campaigners to divest its shareholding in Chinese oil firm Petrochina over its state-owned parent company’s Sudan operations.
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Personal accounts predicted to create “pension apartheid”
[16:34 CEST 01/06] UK – Actuaries are warning the introduction of personal account pensions could lead to a “pension apartheid” as employers intend to level-down contributions and close workplace schemes.
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E.on crowned top European real estate pension investor
[11:00 CEST 01/06] EUROPE - E.on’s GPS service was the runaway winner of the evening at this year’s IPE Real Estate Awards as it picked up no less than five real estate investment awards and was named the Best European Pension Fund 2007.
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Population decline could hit office space demand
[13:15 CEST 31/05] EUROPE – Pension fund investors will need to be more selective about the property investments they make in the future as a decreasing European labour market is likely to slow the growth of demand for office space, according to the University of Maastricht.
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Two-thirds prepared to take lower salary - NAPF
[11:00 CEST 29/05] UK - Three-quarters of staff think having a workplace pension is important and two-thirds of employees would take a lower paid job to get one, suggests research.
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Real estate contributes 10% of total return
[17:02 CEST 25/05] GLOBAL - Investing in global real estate contributes over 115 basis points or 10% to a pension fund’s annual total return, according to evidence presented by Ibbotson Associates.
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NIBC to rebuild infrastructure
[13:01 CEST 25/05] NETHERLANDS - NIBC has so far raised £300m for its targeted £500m infrastructure fund thanks to contributions from Dutch pension funds ABP and PGGM but has postponed its partial IPO until at least September.
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PPF levy to ignore investment risk
[10:56 CEST 25/05] UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced it will not include investment strategy as a separate risk factor when assessing a pension fund’s risk-based levy.
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Increased longevity cost funds £13bn - Mercer
[16:53 CEST 24/05] UK – Pension funds of the top 350 UK-listed companies have increased the life expectancy assumptions of their members by at least year but added a further £13bn of liabilities in the process.
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Call for pension funds to review mortality rates
[16:48 CEST 23/05] UK - Pension funds ought to pay more attention to the longevity of their members if they want to ensure schemes can match their future liabilities, according to Lane Clark & Peacock.
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United Norwest seeks multi-asset returns via Barings
[12:56 CEST 23/05] UK- The United Norwest Co-operatives Employees’ Pension Fund has handed Baring Asset Management a mandate to manage £23m through its Extended Risk Fund.
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Older people are choosing to work – HSBC
[16:28 CEST 22/05] GLOBAL – More older people are choosing to work beyond the age of 60 because they continue to feel healthy and want to feel they have some value for society beyond retirement age, according to a global study conducted for HSBC.
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Employees win fight to keep final salary pension
[16:55 CEST 21/05] UK - Standard Life employees appear to have won their battle to maintain the final salary pension scheme benefits for existing members.
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Passive mandates set to grow - Universal
[16:53 CEST 21/05] GERMANY – As pension funds find some active managers are not really outperforming the benchmark they will move to passive mandates, says Bernd Vorbeck, speaker of the board at Universal Investment.
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Art has no taste on pension fund palettes
[16:51 CEST] EUROPE - Investing in works of art is likely to remain outside the scope of pension funds’ interest for the foreseeable future despite recent attempts to increase awareness of the alternative asset class.
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Time is running out on partial Parmalat deal
[17:08 CEST 17/05] EUROPE - Fresh calls are going out to European pension funds who may be interested in receiving a payout from a $50m (€37m) partial legal settlement related to the Parmalat collapse.
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M&A research still fails to reach target
[17:06 CEST 17/05] EUROPE - A lack of investment research on mergers and acquisitions is hampering European pension funds’ ability to assess whether deals carry any risks on non-financial grounds, according to a study.
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BT warns IFRS makes £1bn surplus volatile (Updated)
(Updated) [13:00 CEST 17/05] UK – The BT pension fund has seen an incredible shift in its status in the space of a month and moved away from a £300m deficit to a £1bn surplus thanks to strong investment performance.
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Sainsbury tries something new to reduce deficit
[16:55 CEST 16/05] UK - The J Sainsbury pension fund cut its deficit to just £55m (€80.3m) in its last financial year through a £240m cash injection and by revising the terms under which members take tax-free cash.
