All articles by Meagan Rees – Page 21
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PME to decide on transfer to FTK
NETHERLANDS – PME, the €18.5bn industry wide pension fund for the mechanical and electrical engineering industries Metalektro, says it’s set to decide when to transfer to the new financial assessment framework, or FTK.
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GE’s Dutch scheme secretary Boesveld retires
NETHERLANDS – The €500m Dutch pension scheme of US industrial group General Electric has appointed former scheme director Jan Aerts as the new board secretary from January 1.
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Belgium hindering pan-European push, funds say
BELGIUM – The Belgian government is thwarting attempts to put the country at the forefront of pan-European pension funds, the national pension fund institution says.
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Northern Trust names Dutch asset servicing sales head
UK – Northern Trust has appointed Eric Pouwels as the new head of asset servicing business development for the Dutch institutional market.
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Aegon institutional chief joins board
NETHERLANDS – Aegon management board member Jan Overmeer is due to retire next year – to be replaced by corporate and institutional client chief executive Erik van Houwelingen.
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Alan Brown effect as Schroders revamps scheme
UK – The hand of former State Street Global Advisors’ chief investment officer Alan Brown can be seen in his new firm Schroders’ decision to dramatically revamp the asset allocation of its £465m (€688m) defined benefit pension fund.
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PIMCO boosts its Swiss team
SWITZERLAND – Specialist fixed-income manager PIMCO has appointed Joachim Suter to the position of Swiss head of institutional business development.
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USS names JP Morgan’s Holmes to board
UK – The £25bn (€37bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has appointed Virginia Holmes as co-opted director and investment committee chair.
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Mn's strategy head leaves for Unilever
NETHERLANDS – Mn Services’ director of strategy and development Martin Sanders will leave at the start of next year to become chief investment officer of Unilever pension fund.
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UK calls for national pension scheme proposals
UK – UK pensions minister Stephen Timms today challenged the industry to come up with an alternative model to the National Pensions Saving Scheme outlined in last week’s Turner Report.
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UK nuclear firm BNFL facing pensions strike
UK – Unions have threatened strike action at nuclear power stations across the UK at the start of next year, due to a failure by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) to consult with or inform members on pension scheme changes.
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World Bank scheme CIO: structures are key
GLOBAL – While the focus on alternative asset classes is warranted, pension funds need the right in-house structures before they can fully reap the rewards, according to the World Bank Pension Plan’s chief investment officer Sindo Oliveros.
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IPE Awards report: OECD, AP7
EUROPE – Senior officials from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Seventh Swedish Pension Fund AP7 have outlined some of their latest thinking at the annual IPE Awards in Berlin today.
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Old ideas lead to liability conflict, says Exley
UK – The main conflict arising from liability match is with old ideas, not between trustees and the company, says former Mercer European partner Jon Exley.
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Turner Report – the reaction
UK – The release of the Turner report – the second by the Pensions Commission tasked with reviewing challenges facing UK pensions - has attracted mixed responses from across the pensions industry.
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Turner sees working to at least 67
UK – “A more generous state pension in the long term at a later stage” are among the key proposals set out in the much-anticipated Pensions Commission report released today.
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Features
Inaccessible class opens up
Commodities may be latecomers to the diversification game, but market commentators suggest they are winning an increasing share of institutional investors’ portfolios. Changes in the commodities market - driven largely by increasing demands from the booming Chinese and Indian manufacturing industries - have increased demand for commodities, and made them ...
