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UK roundup: USS bonus payments, FTSE250 DB schemes
23 Aug 2010 16:07
UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has come under attack from the Universities and College Union (UCU) for the payment of £2.9m (€3.2m) in bonuses to its investment team.
LLMA unveils framework for longevity index
23 Aug 2010 15:09
UK – The Life & Longevity Markets Association (LLMA) has published the governance framework for its planned longevity index.
Low Bund yields tax German investors, consultants
13 Aug 2010 12:43
GERMANY – Record low Bund yields have very ambivalent effects on German institutional investors, increasing assets and liabilities at the same time, consultancies are pointing out.
GPS: Pension funds worry about PIGS states, pessimistic on risk
11 Aug 2010 13:29
GLOBAL – Pension funds are most concerned about the financial instability potentially caused by PIGS states – Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain – the latest Global Pensions Survey (GPS), by Tilburg...
Germany sees launch of biggest fund of fund since Lehman collapse
11 Aug 2010 12:20
GERMANY – LGT Capital Partners and Solutio have launched Germany's biggest private equity fund of fund since the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
German investors rally in strongest six months since 2007
09 Aug 2010 15:20
GERMANY – Investment inflows in Germany reached levels not seen since the beginning of 2007, according to figures released today by the German investment and asset management association BVI.
UCITS inflows swell to €49bn in first quarter: EFAMA
04 Aug 2010 13:29
EUROPE – Investment poured back into UCITS funds in the first quarter, surging to more than €49bn against just €1bn in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the European Fund and Asset Management...
Emerging market private equity investment surges, says EMPEA
04 Aug 2010 11:38
GLOBAL – Booming deal flow, particularly in increasingly large transactions, is fueling robust growth in emerging market private equity investment, according to research from the Emerging Markets...
German government bonds offer strongest return, according to S&P Index
29 Jul 2010 16:06
EUROPE – German government bonds returned almost 7% in the first half of 2010, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P) Eurozone Government Bond index.
UK roundup: The Pensions Regulator, Hewitt, John Lewis Pension Fund
22 Jul 2010 16:11
UK – The Pensions Regulator today released its annual report and accounts, outlining all actions it has taken over the last year, while Hewitt urged employers to prepare for the changes to pension...
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