All articles by Perttu Jarvenpaa – Page 20
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Singer & Friedlander scoops European equity briefs
UK – Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) has picked up continental European large cap equity mandates worth around £45m (e71m)...
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Schroders joins stakeholder race
UK – The investment group Schroders, with £140bn (e220bn) of assets under management, is offering an institutional stakeholder pension scheme, as part of its defined contribution (DC) services.
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Alleato launched to bring technology into benefits
SWEDEN - Ericsson and Skandia are launching a new company specialising in security, safety and health, called Alleato.
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Swedish church awards SEK65m global mandate
SWEDEN – The SEK130m (e14.6m) diocese of Skara, part of the Lutheran church of Sweden, has awarded a SEK65m global balanced brief...
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Top earners may be dipping out on pensions
UK – Highly paid employees can no longer rely on their employer to provide them with a final salary pension plan...
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Merger creates world's largest settlement system
BELGIUM/FRANCE - Sicovam, the central securities depository of France and Brussels based Euroclear Bank have finally merged - creating the world’s largest clearance and settlement system for domestically and internationally traded securities...
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Co-op schemes fuse to create £2.3bn fund
UK – The Manchester-based Co-operative Society is creating a £2.3bn (e3.6bn) pension fund by merging two of its pension schemes...
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Government gets 'ruff' idea on stakeholder
UK - Only a quarter of adults have heard of stakeholder pensions...government launches ad campaign featuring talking dogs to boost profile...
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Swiss Life scoops balanced briefs
UK – Swiss Life Asset Management UK has been appointed to three balanced mixed fund mandates worth £12.4m (e19.4m) in total.
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Caixa Catalunya sets up Pts60bn fund
SPAIN – The Barcelona-based Caixa Catalunya is externalising Pts60bn of assets from the company balance sheet...
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Old Mutual solidifies US asset management business
USA - Old Mutual Asset Managers (US) becomes the name for group of affiliate investment houses following last September's purchase of UAM...
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Allianz's All Net brings in Heiligers
All Net, the international employee benefit network of Germany’s Allianz Group has appointed Rob Heiligers as regional director for UK, Ireland and France...
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Worcestershire outsources to Mercer
UK - The £830m (e1.3bn) Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund has appointed William M Mercer as its actuarial consultant...
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FOX may run free this summer
FINLAND – The Finnish Traded Stock Index (FOX) is to tighten its stock weighting rules and is also likely to adopt free float as its basis for overall calculation by August 1, 2001.
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AP3 fund selects overseas managers
SWEDEN - The SEK130bn (e14.6bn) Swedish government third AP-fund (AP3) has awarded new global ex Europe investment mandates to a number of UK and US managers.
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FIS comes clean with new SRI fund
UK - Friends Ivory & Sime has teamed up with Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Pensions Trust in the development of a new SRI fund...
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UK funds show red returns for 2000
UK pension funds posted a negative return of –1.8% for last year, according to estimates by performance measurement company WM...
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Wassum branches out into Finnish market
FINLAND – Swedish investment consultancy Wassum is to open an office in Helsinki in June...
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Annus horribilis for US plans
USA - The year 2000 was the worst year in US pension history measured by assets versus liability growth, according to a report by Ryan Labs, the US investment advisor…
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Russell chooses State Street for Aussie assets
AUSTRALIA – The Frank Russell Company has selected State Street as custodian and administrator to its Australian domiciled funds, totalling around $4.1bn...
