All articles by Robert Fuller – Page 8
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Cautious welcome greets Irish pensions bill
IRELAND – The newly launched Special Savings Incentive Accounts (SSIA) and a lack of public awareness towards pension funds could hamper the success of Ireland’s new pensions bill, says Watson Wyatt, the international consultancy firm.
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Further pension reform needed in Germany
GERMANY – Cutbacks in the level of state benefits and the stimulation by reform of the entire pension market in Germany may not be enough to stabilise pension contributions in the long term...
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Lopardo quits State Street after 14 years
US – Boston based investor services group, State Street Corporation, has announced that Nicholas Lopardo, vice chairman of State Street Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of $727bn (€821bn) State Street global Advisors (SSgA), the group’s investment management arm, has retired from the company…
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BGI offers fund of funds hedge vehicle
UK / EUROPE – Barclays Global Investors (BGI), with€838bn under management, has launched a new type of fund of hedge funds aimed at European institutional investors, Barclays Global Investors Diversified Alpha Funds (DAF),
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Aberdeen Celexa to operate in three European bases
UK / NETHERLANDS / SWEDEN – Aberdeen Celexa Property Investors (ACPI), with €10bn of real estate assets under management and Europe’s largest real estate administrators, is the new name for the joint activities of Celexa Real Estate Investment Management Group (Celexa) and Aberdeen Property Investors (API)...
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Moves in UK on pension fund winding up rules
UK – The Government has drafted regulations to speed up and introduce greater accountability in winding up occupational pension schemes.
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Euroland government bond yields have widened
EUROPE – Yield differences between Euro-zone government bonds have widened in some cases since the introduction of the euro, when they were expected to disappear like exchange rate risk, says a report by Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank Research.
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Separate account business to reach $650bn by 2005
US – The separate account consultant programme industry serving affluent investors is showing tremendous growth, with assets under management (AUM) having more than quadrupled from $75bn (€85bn) to $275bn in the last six years...
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PWC says fund managers face margins halved to 15%
UK – Fund managers will need to take collaborative action to address what have now become industry-wide issues facing the UK’s investment management industry...
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Brooke joins Cook at EPFIF
UK / EUROPE – Former IBM pensions head Nevill Brooke has been appointed senior executive to the European Pension Fund Investment Forum (EPFIF)...
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Actuaries launch ‘innovative solutions’ firm
UK / EUROPE – Consulting actuaries firm, Punter Southall, have established a new dedicated investment consultancy subsidiary, Psolve, offering “innovative solutions”...
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IMS ready to expand after completing second year
UK – Investment Manager Selection Limited (IMS), the London based manager selection and appraisal consultancy specialist, has just completed its second year in operation and reports an increase in interest in the European and Asian markets.
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Skandia launches multi-manager UK equity fund
SWEDEN / UK – Swedish financial group, Skandia, has launched through its UK-based Skandia Life, a new multi-manager UK equity fund, called the Skandia UK Dynamic Fund.
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Raiffeisen opens operations in Belgrade
AUSTRIA / YUGOSLAVIA – Vienna based international banking group, Raiffeisen, has established a new subsidiary in Yugoslavia...
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AUM of European institutional managers rise 38%
FRANCE / GERMANY / ITALY / BENELUX – Assets under management by European institutional managers only rose 38% in 2000, compared to 65% in 1999...
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New tech is high risk losers' game, warns SWIP CIO
UK – Investing in new technology companies is a “high risk loser’s game”, says a new report...
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Stakeholder pensions promotion paying off
UK – Extensive media coverage and government promotion of stakeholder pensions is paying off according to a report commissioned by the Association of British Insurers (ABI)...
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State Street in Global Link trading service launch
US – Global Link, Boston based State Street Corporation’s internet and e-finance arm, has launched the Multi-Bank Global Trading Support Services (Multi-bank GTSS) system...
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Foreign & Colonial win £90m bond mandate
UK – London based pan-European asset managers, Foreign & Colonial, has been appointed to run a £90m (€146.5m) bond portfolio for the pension fund of Associated Octel Company Ltd...
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FTSE in five new Chinese indices launch
UK / CHINA – FTSE/Xinhua Index Ltd (FXI), the joint venture company between London based indices provider FTSE and Hong Kong information provider, Xinhua Financial Network (XFN), have launched five new indices for the domestic Chinese market.
