All IPE articles in August 2006 (Online) – Page 3
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UK’s Turner likens PAYG to pyramid selling
GLOBAL – Adair Turner, the chairman of the UK’s Pensions Commission, has likened pay-as-you-go pension systems to pyramid selling schemes.
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Dutch pension associations demand Europe vision
NETHERLANDS - The three main pension organisations have called on political parties to position the Netherlands as the country of choice for European pension funds.
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Bulgarian pension fund Doverie taken over
BULGARIA - The largest Bulgarian pension fund, Doverie, has been taken over by Austrian insurance group Wiener Städtische as part of a complex deal with investment group Kardan.
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Netherlands: widen levensloop, say experts
NETHERLANDS - The tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life course, scheme should be changed into a fiscal scheme for loss of income, says a group of six experts including professor Lans Bovenberg of pensions platform Netspar.
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PSolve under review at Havering
UK – PSolve Investment Consultants is facing a review at the £340m (€503m) London Borough of Havering Pension Fund, which is looking for a new investment advisor.
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KAS Bank relationship manager Groot leaves
NETHERLANDS – Henk Groot, a senior relationship manager at the Dutch securities services firm KAS Bank, has left, the company confirmed today.
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IPE-QUEST: Three new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are three new searches by European pension funds for euro zone debt, pan-European equities and currency alpha on the IPE-Quest system.
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SPP wins Österåkers pensions admin
SWEDEN – The Swedish municipality Österåkers has hired SPP Liv Pensionstjänst, the administration arm of the Swedish pension insurance group SPP Livförsäkring AB, for the administration of its pension fund.
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Pension professor leaves Watson Wyatt board
GLOBAL - Pensions academic John Shoven is to leave the board of consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
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EU to study insurance guarantee schemes
EUROPE – The European Commission is planning to look at the problems of life insurance guarantee schemes in the European Union.
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AP1 chooses six emerging markets managers
SWEDEN - The Swedish buffer fund Första AP-Fonden, or AP1, has awarded emerging markets mandates to six of the 12 managers it named a year ago.
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AXA IM names Dutch institutional head
NETHERANDS – AXA Investment Managers has hired Hanneke Ketellapper-Veringa from rival ABN Amro to be head of its Dutch institutional business.
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Nottinghamshire scheme makes real estate buy
UK – The £1.6bn (€2.6bn) Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund has bought an office building in the southern English town of Sutton for £13.33m.
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Bank of NY unveils European pension portal
EUROPE - The Bank of New York has launched a web-based portal providing customised accounting and performance reporting information for European pension clients.
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Germany’s EnBW confirms multi-billion revamp
GERMANY – Energie Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third largest energy firm, has completed a revamp of the way its pension money is invested, switching to a so-called ‘master-fund’ structure for the assets.
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PensionDanmark aided by alternatives
DENMARK – PensionDanmark, the €7.3bn Danish pension fund, says alternative investments helped limit the negative returns in the first half.
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IBM trustee tells of battles with company
EUROPE – A former member-nominated trustee at IBM’s £4.9bn (€7.2bn) UK pension fund says he feels the computer giant made his role more difficult through a lack of information.
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Airbus Deutschland mulls emerging markets
GERMANY – Airbus Deutschland is considering investing between €30m and €40m in pension assets in emerging market shares or bonds to better diversify its portfolio, senior officials at the company say.
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SEB Asset Management names new head
SWEDEN – Fredrik Boheman has been named as Harry Klagsbrun’s successor as head of SEB Asset Management.
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Norges Bank funds 11 new mandates
NORWAY - Norges Bank Investment Management funded a total of 11 new investment mandates in the second quarter, amid a -1.5% return at the Government Pension Fund.
