All IPE articles in August 2001 (Online) – Page 4
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Dutch to change law on M&A pension rights
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch parliament looks set to ratify European legislation on pension transfer rights in the event of company mergers and acquisitions (M&A) next month, following a favourable decision by the country’s second and most powerful legislative chamber.....
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European hedge fund investment to rise by 500%
EUROPE/HEDGE FUNDS - European investment in hedge funds is expected to grow by around 500% in the coming years, with pension funds and insurance companies representing over three quarters of the new users of the asset class, according to research published today (August 9) by asset management research firm ...
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Majority of firms will contribute to stakeholder
UK - The overwhelming majority of UK small and medium companies will make contributions to stakeholder pensions – despite any legal obligation to do so, according to UK employee benefits and corporate pensions consultancy firm, PIFC....
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Noble quits Edinburgh Fund Managers
UK – Jackie Noble, head of UK institutional business development at Edinburgh Fund Managers (EFM), has left the firm....
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Dresdner RCM cashes in with three new wins
UK – Dresdner RCM Global Investors has been selected to run three separate cash mandates totalling £59m (€94m) on behalf of three UK local authorities....
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Luxembourg amends international pension funds law
LUXEMBOURG – The Luxembourg supervisory authorities have made a series of amendments to 1999’s pension fund law that introduced the ASSEP and SEPCAV vehicles to the Duchy in a bid to promote the country as an international pension fund centre.....
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Mercer buys out Austrian consultancy firm
AUSTRIA – Consultant William M. Mercer has acquired Vienna based Constantia Neuberger Bednar and Partner BesmbH (CNB), the Austrian employee benefits and retirement consulting company....
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PGGM fires up debate on Dutch Z-score system
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the Zeist based NLG110bn (e50bn) Dutch superfund has publicly criticised aspects of the country’s Z-score system that tests the performance of industry-wide pension schemes, claiming that at worst it could lead to the disappearance of industry plans in Holland within thirty years.....
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Polish and Lithuanian exchanges pool resources
POLAND/LITHUANIA – The Warsaw Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania have signed a memorandum of co-operation that will involve the sharing of information, experience and technology....
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Gissings lands UK advisory mandates
UK – Employee benefit and pensions advisory firm, Gissings, has landed two new UK pensions advisory contracts....
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Dobie to head GAM's marketing division
Global Asset Management (GAM) in London has appointed Clare Dobie as managing director of its marketing division.... And all the week's major people moves...
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S&P launches new commodity index
US – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has unveiled its new S&P Commodity Index (SPCI), which will measure price changes in a cross-section of agricultural and industrial commodities with actively traded US futures contracts....
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Harwood-Jones to head Cogent's European marketing
EUROPE – Cogent, the international investment operations business of AMP, has appointed Margaret Harwood-Jones to its European Executive Team as director of client services & marketing. ....
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Merrill Lynch wins new DC and stakeholder mandates
UK – Merill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has secured a mixture of new defined contribution (DC) and stakeholder mandates.
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Aon wins admin brief for £2.8bn Scottishpower fund
UK – Aon Consulting, the actuarial, benefits and human resources consultancy firm, has won the contract to provide pensions administration services to the £2.8bn (€4.5bn) Scottishpower pension fund, Scotland’s largest private sector scheme with over 29,000 members....
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Pioneer leads performance for Polish pension funds
POLAND - Pioneer has come out as the leading pension fund company in the fledgling Polish pensions system, posting the highest returns over two years to July this year of 29.554%....
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Montgomery Oppenheimer is Irish top performer
IRELAND – Irish employee benefits and investments firm, Coyle Hamilton, has published the results of its group pension managed funds survey for the second quarter of 2001 with Montgomery Oppenheimer taking top slot on a five-year basis - returning an annualised 20.6%....
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Style labels may 'mislead' clients, says Barra
Style labels attached to fund management houses may be misleading clients by not appropriately differentiating between manager types, nor correctly assessing their performance, according to research in the US by strategic consultancy group Barra....
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Sweden shoud add e50bn to AP funds, says union
SWEDEN – The Swedish government should take advantage of its current budget surplus to safeguard the future of public pensions and healthcare provision by injecting up to e50bn into the country’s AP funds over the next ten to fifteen years, according to LO, Sweden’s largest public and private sector union..... ...
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Eurozone slowdown worsening, says Swiss Life
EUROZONE – The economic slowdown across euroland is worsening, according to Swiss Life Asset Management’s (UK) latest global economic summary.....
