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UMR Corem adds Africa to BRIC fund
FRANCE – UMR to allow African equity investments through new agreement with London’s Silk Invest.
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On the Record: Are you restructuring your emerging market allocation?
Three pension funds - Amonis, BNL BNP Paribas, and UMR Corem - talk about their exposure to emerging markets
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Vervoer to launch working group on illiquid assets next year
Dutch fund backed by Ilmarienen on selective approach to European equities as UMR Corem remains bullish on French shares
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NewsWednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – SPK, Alecta, Moritz Consulting, UMR Corem, AIMA, Aon Hewitt, Barings, Carmignac Gestion.
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Scarcity value
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Vincent Ribuot, chief investment officer of UMR Corem, one of France’s few pension funds about working within a life insurance dominated market and the limitations it can cause
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From our Perspective: Voting with their feet
Two factors have prompted the French pension fund UMR Corem and the insurer AG2R La Mondiale to seek a jurisdiction outside France for pension activities. One is the onset of Solvency II and the other, closely related, is the lack of an IORP-compliant regime in France for the provision of second-pillar pensions that would help them avoid the structures of Solvency II.
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NewsThe IORP Directive: Voting with their feet
Ten years on, it is heartening to finally see some traction in cross-border pensions.
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NewsFrench fund in Belgian cross-border move to escape Solvency II
UMR seeks to transfer employees' pensions falling under second pillar to OFP vehicle.
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Amundi already wins business for Luxembourg-based pan-European IORP
Vehicle to offer DC plans in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Netherlands
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NewsRibuot steps down as CIO at French pension fund UMR
FRANCE – UMR promotes from within to replace Ribuot, who moves to asset manager OFI.
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French regulator urges investment in SMEs
The French government’s initiative to set up a private equity fund with institutional investor capital to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) secure investments comes as a surprise, considering the bad press accorded to private equity in France since 2008.
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European pension funds kick EFSF investment into long grass
Facility ‘unlikely’ to secure pension fund investment until more details on structure are provided.
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Dutch PPI holds little allure for managers mulling cross-border pensions
Legislative uncertainty deterring some asset managers from considering Dutch vehicle, study shows
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Do you invest in frontier markets?
Has the time finally come for Africa’s ‘frontier markets’? Three pension funds share their views.
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Definition crucial to French pensions review
[15:45 CET 25-11] FRANCE – The French government has begun to assess its pensions regime ahead of an official review in 2010. But one pensions industry official involved in discussions says there can only be development of the pensions regime if the government can define what a pensions vehicle is.
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On the Record: How will your equity exposure change this year?
Three pension funds - Amonis, Fondenergia and UMR Corem - talk about equity risk
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NewsFrench 'advice' on UMR cross-border plan could breach EU Treaty – lawyers
EUROPE – Any 'open opposition' to transfer to Belgium would breach treaty and IORP I Directive, experts say.
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Financial crisis has been good for pension funds, says Amonis
IPE AWARDS – The recent financial crisis has been good for pension funds, the chief executive of Amonis said during a panel at the IPE Awards seminar in Monaco.
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French fund considers cross-border vehicle, but only if IORP amended
AG2R La Mondiale keen to launch pensions vehicle, but wary of impact of Solvency II rules.
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