Asset Allocation – Page 275
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Myners gets UK pensions industry talking
The name of Paul Myners has been on the lips of pensions professionals in the UK for some months now, and all the more so in the last few weeks since his review of institutional investment practice finally saw the light of day. When Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown ...
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Giant step into a new world
Last year, PGGM, the Netherlands’ second largest pension fund, took the revolutionary decision to invest in the commodities markets with a commitment of between 3% and 5% of its total portfolio value of about e50bn. This was no sudden move, but came after an extensive asset and liability management (ALM) ...
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Teachers' pet
The dual investment management strategy, a low-cost philosophy, devotion to customers’ needs: these are the three pillars of TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund), the premier pension system for people in education and research. As of June 2000 (according to the semiannual report), TIAA-CREF had $298.9bn (e320bn) ...
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PPSEVs replace l’Epargne Retraite
Last August, the French government approved proposals to introduce a law allowing employees to subscribe to new voluntary tax-favoured savings plans to be known as ‘plans partenariaux d’épargne salariale’ (PPESVs). Contributions will be made by both employers and employees and the plans will have a duration of 10 years, at ...
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Increasing role ahead for outside pension director
The role of professional pension scheme directors is likely to increase in future. There are four main reasons for believing this: q Changing regulation of pension funds Regulation of pension funds has become more onerous for pension fund directors over time almost everywhere. They find themselves with more work and ...
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Asset allocation on a global scale
A growing number of multinational head offices are seeking to exercise some influence on the way their subsidiaries’ pension assets are allocated among broad classes. Indeed, a recent Towers Perrin survey of leading multinationals shows that the area in which head offices exert the most influence is with respect to ...
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Holistic benefit approach at GSK
In January last year multinational corporations Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham announced merger plans to create a global leader research-based pharmaceutical and research company. Last December, after months of negotiations and integration plans between the two companies, the merger was completed and the new organisation began trading under the name ...
