All IPE articles in August 2004 (Online) – Page 7
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Fortis hires fund exec from Ernst & Young
EUROPE - Fortis Bank has appointed Ernst &Young’s Jimmy Donnelly as senior business development manager at its Prime Fund Solutions arm.
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Italy lays out pension reform plans
ITALY - The Italian government is set to pave the way for the implementation of the pension reform approved by parliament last week.
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Ireland says PRSA assets top E83m
IRELAND – The total asset value of the new Personal Retirement Savings Accounts is now 83.6 million euros, says the Pensions Board.
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France’s Pro-BTP eyes new scheme
FRANCE – Construction industry scheme Pro-BTP is in the process of setting up new forms of savings based on the principle of capitalisation.
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Court threat over Austrian pension harmonisation
AUSTRIA – The opposition has threatened legal action in the latest twist to the harmonisation of the Austrian state pension system.
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Punter Southall names Batting as chief executive
UK – Actuarial consultancy Punter Southall & Co. has named John Batting as chief executive and Elizabeth Battams as managing director.
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AXA’s asset management earnings up 38%
GLOBAL – AXA’s asset management earnings, adjusted for currency effects, rose 38% to 136 million euros in the first half of 2004.
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Aon says consulting revenue rises 4% to $305m
GLOBAL – Chicago-based Aon Corp. said its total second-quarter consulting revenue rose four percent to 305 million dollars (249 million euros).
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IPE-QUEST: Multi-manager tenders US small-caps
EUROPE - A European multi-manager is looking for asset managers for actively managed US small-cap growth and small-cap value mandates.
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Italy’s Finnatica hails SWIP institutional deal
ITALY/UK - Scottish Widows Investment partnership and the Italian investment bank Banca Finnat Euroamerica have teamed up for Italy’s institutional market.
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BGI hires Shellard for European ETF role
EUROPE - Barclays Global Investors has named Nick Shellard as European business development officer for its iShares exchange-traded funds business.
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DNB-PVK pension funding row escalates
NETHERLANDS - A bitter spat has erupted over the refinancing of the pension funds of the Dutch central bank and pension regulator the PVK - with the head of the bank branding an MP's comments "tendentious and grievous".
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Italy’s Enel fund tenders entire portfolio
ITALY - The pension fund of the partly privatised state energy and gas producer Enel has tendered its entire portfolio, expected be worth 360 million euros by the end of the year.
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VB, EFRP to host EU corporate governance event
EUROPE - The Dutch Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds, the VB, has teamed up with the European Federation for Retirement Provision to run a conference on corporate governance in the European Union.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss corporate seeks asset manager
SWITZERLAND - Investment consultant Kieger is looking for an asset manager for an actively managed short duration portfolio, on behalf of a corporate client.
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Disparities seen in listed real estate firms’ NAV
EUROPE - Listed property companies in Belgium, the Netherlands and France have significantly lower discounts to net asset value (NAV) compared to other European markets, a study by the European Public Real Estate Association has found.
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Swiss official says pension age may have to rise
SWITZERLAND – A top Swiss economic official has said demographic developments might mean that the statutory pension age will have to be raised.
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OECD’s 7-point plan for German pensions
GERMANY – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has put forward a seven-point plan to continue the reform of Germany’s pension system.
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BGI seeing lot of European interest in ETFs
EUROPE – Barclays Global Investors, the largest manager of European pension fund assets, says it is seeing a lot of interest in Europe for exchange-traded funds.
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IPE publishes Top 400 European asset managers
EUROPE - IPE has today published its 2004 ranking of the Top 400 asset managers active in the multi trillion-euro European marketplace, with Allianz, Fidelity and State Street Global Advisors retaining their top three places.
