All articles by Perttu Jarvenpaa – Page 5
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JP Morgan Chase investment chief retires
US – Ramon de Oliveira, head of investment management and private banking at JP Morgan Chase is to retire in August. James Staley, current co-head of the private banking group has been appointed to succeed him in the position.
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EAMA says Basel accord could create systemic risk
EUROPE – Extending the capital requirement for operational risk to the asset management businesses of multinational banks could lead to an increase in systemic risk, according to the European Asset Management Association (EAMA) in its response to the Basel Committee’s consultative paper on regulatory capital...
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Senior economist says directive can't be blocked
EUROPE – Countries that are already reforming their pension systems will probably have the edge in future debates over a union-wide retirement system, according to Elisabeth Legge, senior economist at the European Economics and Financial Centre....
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US expert to make pensions speech at Oxford
UK – Leading US population expert, Dr Linda Martin, president of the Population Council in New York is giving a speech on future pensions in an ageing world at the University of Oxford on Thursday June 14...
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NAPF publishes SRI guide ahead of trustee deadline
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) have published a socially responsible investment (SRI) guide for pension funds – Engaging for Success – in time for the July 3 deadline when UK pension fund trustees have to disclose a statement of ...
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Mercer expands consultancy business east
CZECH REPUBLIC/TURKEY – Human resource consulting firm, William M. Mercer, has opened new offices in Prague and Istanbul, expanding its presence in central Europe and Turkey to four offices.
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Postal fund parcels out £450m to venture firms
UK – Post Office Pension Trustees Limited (POPTL), the manager of the £16bn (e26bn) UK Post Office pension fund for postal group Consignia, has completed a £450m expansion of its private equity allocation by bringing on board three new managers….
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Finnish consultancy restructures to become Silta
FINLAND – The Helsinki based actuarial consultancy and pension scheme administrator, Pension Service (EPS) has undergone a radical re-structuring and changed its name to Silta....
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Eureko expands into Greek market
GREECE – The insurance and financial services group Eureko is buying a further 54% stake in leading Greek life insurance and fund management company, Interamerican Hellenic Life Insurance, as part of its European insurance and asset management expansion....
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NOK425bn oil fund makes first corporate bond moves
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management is to broaden the investment allocation of the NOK425bn (e54bn) government oil fund, Petroleumsfondet, by adding non-government bonds to its investment portfolio for the first time....
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Nordic pension group appoints new head
IRELAND/SCANDINAVIA – Kent Eldebrink has been appointed as managing director of Dublin based occupational pension solution provider Euroben....
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SRI handbook targets pension fund trustees
UK – A new toolkit for pension fund trustees and fund managers has been published to provide advice on how to improve the impact of pension fund investment on the poorest countries in the world….
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Pension funds to make up 40% of hedge fund capital
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are planning to boost investment in hedge funds and are likely to comprise some 40% of hedge fund source capital by the end of the year, second only to private investors, according to a survey published by Goldman Sachs....
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Cross-border joint ventures wane, says Cerulli
UK/US – The number of cross-border fund management joint ventures between US or UK fund managers and their counterparts worldwide dropped dramatically to 13 last year, compared to its peak of 26 in 1999, according to research and consultancy firm Cerulli Associates (CA)....
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Mercer says MFR replacement could be worse
UK – Consultant William M Mercer has expressed serious concerns over the UK government’s proposed plan for the replacement of the minimum funding requirement (MFR)....
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SEI hosts UK trustee summer seminars
UK – Manager of managers firm, SEI Investments, will host a series of seminars around Britain addressing investment issues for pension funds in June and July. The seminars are aimed at trustees and investment committee members of pension funds...
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Thomas Murray appoints investor services director
UK - Aidan Dennis has been appointed as a director of investor services at London based information, ratings and research company Thomas Murray....
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KAS ties up with Barra for on-line risk analysis
NETHERLANDS – Dutch custodian bank KAS-Associatie is to provide institutional investors with risk analysis via an internet solution tie up with US risk management systems provider Barra’s TotalRisk software....
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GSTP group Omgeo unveils institutional trade plans
US/EUROPE - Global straight through processing (STP) company, Omgeo has announced the timetable for the roll out of its institutional trade processing services....
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S&P launches on-line global funds database
Financial information provider Standard & Poor’s has introduced an online global mutual fund resource, Funds-sp.com, for financial planners, investment advisers, fund sponsors and individual investors....
