All IPE articles in August 2005 (Online) – Page 9
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Germany: more evidence of Riester boom
GERMANY - More evidence has emerged of a boom in Riester Rente - the tax-privileged private pension launched in 2002.
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ABP continues UK real estate moves
UK/NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund, has continued to buy into UK real estate firms, according to company filings.
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UK MPs start parliamentary pensions group
UK – Members of Parliament have set up a group aimed at forming a pensions consensus.
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Watson Wyatt’s Hoogeveen joins Mercer
NETHERLANDS – Former Watson Wyatt consultant Jan Hoogeveen has been appointed principal at Mercer's retirement and international practice in Amstelveen.
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Nestlé’s Spanish scheme eyes infrastructure
SPAIN - The €250m Spanish pension fund of Swiss-based food giant Nestlé says it may turn to infrastructure investments in its quest to broaden investments allocation.
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Standard Life under scrutiny at South Yorkshire
UK – The £2.8bn (€4bn) South Yorkshire Pension Fund is seeking an advisor for a £220m commercial property portfolio – putting incumbent Standard Life Investments under scrutiny.
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Staffordshire scheme revamps managers
UK – The £1.7bn (€2.5bn) Staffordshire County Council Pension Fund has revealed a sweeping revamp of its investment manager roster.
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Beswick made redundant at RMB Multimanagers
UK – RMB Multimanagers has made business development head Jeremy Beswick redundant amid a focus on profitability.
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ABN Amro sees asset outflow amid review
NETHERLANDS – Dutch banking group ABN Amro says there may be an outflow of assets under management as it reviews the profitability of some mandates and products.
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Schroders hires AXA’s Köster for multi-assets
GERMANY - Schroder Investment Management in London has recruited Andreas Köster as its new director of multi-asset funds, effective immediately.
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Dutch pensions ombudsman gets few complaints
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Pensions Ombudsman says he has received a relatively low number of complaints in the last few years.
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IPE-QUEST: UK multi-manager tenders €81m
UK – A UK multi-manager has tendered a pan-Europe ex-UK large-cap growth equity mandate, which could be worth more than $100m (€81.1m), via IPE-Quest.
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Madrid council scheme ‘eyes four managers’
SPAIN - Madrid town council’s pension fund, which is in the process of selecting new managers, has chosen four Spanish candidates for its final short-list, according to reports.
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Watson Wyatt says merger complete
GLOBAL – US-based Watson Wyatt & Co. says it has completed its acquisition of UK-based affiliate Watson Wyatt LLP.
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Feri consultants join Watson’s German practice
GERMANY - International consultant Watson Wyatt has hired Feri Institutional Management’s Jürgen Heiny and Zeljko Tipuric, for its Investment Consulting practice in Germany.
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Dutch insurers call for delay to tax changes
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Insurers has again demanded that the Dutch government delay the implementation of tax changes to pre-pension and levensloop, or life course scheme, to 1 January 2007.
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Citco changes owners
GLOBAL– Hedge funds service provider The Citco Group Ltd has announced that an investor group has acquired “a controlling interest” in the firm from the Sandoz Family Foundation.
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BNL names MangustaRisk as pension consultant
ITALY – Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, one of Italy’s largest banks and asset managers, has hired MangustaRisk Ltd as consultant to its pension scheme, worth about €1bn.
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SWIP pre-tax profits quadruple in 1H05
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) posted first-half pre-tax profits that quadrupled mainly due to new institutional business.
