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ABP posts second quarter returns of +6.9%
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has announced that it made a total return on investment of 6.9% in the second quarter - boosted by rises in equities and alternatives.
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ABP to submit recovery plan to regulator
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, the 133-billion euro Dutch civil service Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, is to submit a recovery plan to the pensions regulator PVK.
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ABN AMRO offer euro-based global emerging bond fund
NETHERLANDS – ABN AMRO Asset Management today launched a global emerging markets bond fund for euro-denominated investors.
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ABP mulls options as returns decline further
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, the Dutch civil service Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, says it needs scope to take “decisive action” after posting another decline in returns in the first quarter.
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ABP outlines 2003/2004 investment strategy
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, the 147 billion euro Dutch civil servants’ ABP, says its investment strategy is geared towards fixed interest and equities in 2003/2004, matching its liabilities and risk profile – though it does not rule out making use of temporary market moves.
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ABP says funds need longer investment horizons
NETHERLANDS- Jean Frijns, CIO of Europe’s largest pension fund, the 146 billion Euro Heerlen-based ABP, today opened the seminar for the second annual IPE Awards with a warning to pension funds that extreme market events are becoming more frequent - resulting in greater short-term volatility and a need for longer ...
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10% of Swiss occupational funds now underfunded
SWITZERLAND- One in ten of Switzerland’s 2,100 occupational pension schemes are underfunded according to government advisors and the urgent need to reallocate assets could benefit foreign fund managers.
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New laws reform Luxembourg's state pension
LUXEMBOURG- Luxembourg’s government has introduced radical and generous reforms to the country’s first pillar state pension that will produce higher basic pensions and provide incentives to retire later.
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ABP down €3bn after 'disappointing' 2001
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, ABP, has reported a decline in pensions capital in 2001 from €150bn at the start of the year to €147bn at the end. The decline is the result of disappointing returns coupled with the decline in net assets and overlay contracts, says the company’s ...
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2001 proves boost for fund specific benchmarks
UK- 2001 saw an increased number of UK pension schemes adopting their own fund specific benchmarks according to the latest Russell/Mellon CAPS pension survey. The increase continues a gradual trend evident throughout the 1990s- in 1990, only 4% of pension funds used their own benchmark opposed to 68% at the end of 2001.
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2001 worst year for UK Pension funds since 1990
UK- UK pension funds reported the worst returns last year for more than a decade according to the performance measurement consultants WM Company.
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£2.3bn Boots fund sells entire equity holding
The £2.3bn (e3.7bn) pension fund of the Boots group has sold its entire equity and short-term bond investments and switched its allocation to sterling long-dated fixed rate bonds in a shift that the fund says will save it around £10m per annum in management fees.....
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Luxembourg to reduce funds subscription tax
LUXEMBOURG – A proposal to reduce the annual subscription tax from 0.06% to 0.05% that investment funds in Luxembourg pay on their net assets under management is included in the draft budget for 2002 to go before parliament in September....
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ABP looks to property and hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – Dutch superfund, the NLG331bn (e150bn) Heerlen based ABP pension plan for Dutch civil servants and teachers, says it is considering increasing its allocation to real estate investment and will also shortly announce appointments to a number of hedge fund mandates as part of an e2bn hedge programme....
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ABP on course for equity increase despite markets
NETHERLANDS – Europe’s largest pension fund, the NLG331bn Heerlen based ABP pension fund for Dutch civil servants and teachers, says it is on course to complete its increased exposure programme to equity, despite taking a hit on its funding buffer last year due to the adverse market conditions....
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Finnish funds rise 22%
Figures released by the Finnish Federation of Employment Pension Institutions show Finnish pension fund assets reached Fim 370.4bn (E62.3bn) at the end of last year, up 22% on 1998 and double the 1994 total. Totals are based on the sum of salaries which have grown substantially in the last five ...
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Another good year for UK fund performance
UK pension funds have had another good year, according to both UK investment performance measurement companies. The WM Company, with over 75% of the UK market, and CAPS, with 22%, both calculate that pension funds enjoyed an overall average return of over 11% in 1996. (CAPS figures are provisional.) For ...
