All articles by Shayla Walmsley – Page 11
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LaSalle IM launches property derivatives business
Investment manager to set up company as joint venture with brokerage BGC Partners.
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Canada's Rotman Centre launches pension fund governance programme
Programme will also target trustees, board members of SWFs, endowments and national reserve funds.
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Czech government stumbles over pension reforms
CZECH REPUBLIC – Local newspaper Pravo describes effort as 'masterpiece of large-scale theft'.
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Asset management roundup: Hermes, Germany's IVOX, GAM catastrophe bonds
Hermes subsidiary enters joint venture with research company IVOX to advise German pension funds.
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Shareholders' first-call a 'barrier to capital-raising'
US REIT company urges European investors to waive pre-emptive rights.
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Birmingham airport agrees to keep final salary pension scheme
Negotiations avert closure, but scheme still faces a £26m deficit.
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UK's Hutton Report strikes 'balanced deal' over public sector pensions
Long-awaited report recommends shift to career average, but compromises on accruals.
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Academics to strike over reforms to USS pension fund
Trade union UCU describes consultation as an 'absolute sham'.
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UK pension funds call for more long-dated gilts
NAPF urges government to increase issuance of long-dated, inflation-protected gilts in 2011-12.
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Poland raids private pensions to keep state scheme solvent
But critics claim the government’s move makes insolvency more likely.
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EU to target pension schemes with infrastructure bonds
Launches consultation over 'project bonds' as part of blueprint for economic recovery.
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UK roundup: HSBC, NEST, British Airways
HSBC is to launch a workplace pension scheme targeting small and medium enterprises.
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Feri infrastructure fund-of-funds targets pension schemes
Two to three pension funds to join small-lot infrastructure vehicle targeting investments below €1bn.
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UK pension scheme rallies shareholder opposition to Barclays bonuses
Croydon LGPS urges schemes to oppose bonuses after lower-than-expected dividend.
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Danish postal service tenders €10m pensions contract
Post Danmark tenders for Danish-speaking manager to administer scheme.
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UK roundup: Merseyside, Aon Hewitt, administration procedures
Merseyside pension fund tenders mandates worth £1.3bn (€1.5bn), almost 30% of scheme assets.
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Cash funds see outflows in 2010, as investors return to equity and bonds
European Fund and Asset Management Association predicts 2011 similar to previous year.
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CalPERS' Apple victory 'good for governance' worldwide, say pension funds
Californian scheme succeeded in forcing issue of majority voting for board elections.
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Longevity exposes Europe to 'extreme fiscal risk'
Governments will increasingly expect private sector to provide pensions, predicts Maplecroft.
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F&C ousts chairman, replaces him with activist shareholder
Decision to remove MacAndrew was carried with 65% of shareholders, while 70% voted to replace him with Bramson.