All IPE articles in August 2003 (Online) – Page 8
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Ex-MN Services sales head sets up consultancy
NETHERLANDS – The former head of sales and marketing at MN Services, Marion Verheul, has set up her own pensions consulting firm.
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Portuguese pension funds return +4.7% - Mercer
PORTUGAL – Portuguese pension funds returned a median +4.7% in the first half of 2003, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Watson’s Pickering to discuss consultants
UK – Watson Wyatt partner Alan Pickering is to discuss the role of pension consultants at a conference in London in October.
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OPRA meets firms with pension funding problems
UK – As part of its new “pragmatic” approach, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority has started to meet employers and trustees where schemes have funding problems.
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Fortis Investments hit by institutional outflows
BELGIUM – Asset management profits and revenues at Fortis fell in the first half of this year – hit by net outflows of institutional clients.
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Sweden’s AP2 names new head of equities
SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden, the second Swedish national pension fund, has hired Nordea Investment Management’s Poul Albaek Winslöw as its new head of equities.
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Danish fund tenders Euro small-caps via IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A Danish industry-wide pension fund has tendered a mandate for pan-European small-cap equities via IPE-Quest.
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Italy the focus at European pension summit
ITALY – Italy is one of the main topics – alongside the pension fund directive – to be covered at the forthcoming European Pension Schemes Summit in Rome next month.
