All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 101
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Another Dutch giant invests in trees
NETHERLANDS – The €85bn healthcare workers' pension fund PGGM has awarded a $200m (€150m) 15-year forestry mandate.
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CEO departure leaves UBS rating stable
GLOBAL – Swiss bank UBS has decided to replace chief executive Peter Wuffli with his deputy Marcel Rohner, in a surprise move,effective today.
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Buy back of 'missed' years made easier
[16:38 CEST 05-07] UK – People will be allowed to buy back up to nine years in which they did not contribute to their state pension at any time before their retirement, if the House of Commons accepts a House of Lords’ amendment to the Pension Bill.
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FRR seeks managers for a French equity portfolio
[15:32 CEST 05-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for a new French equity portfolio worth in excess of €500m.
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Analyst calls for pension stability in France
[16:22 CEST 05-07]FRANCE – The French supplementary pension system will not start to develop until the government has made a final decision on taxation and regulatory issues, an analyst has warned.
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IPE-QUEST: $20m Swiss bond mandate
[16:20 CEST 05-07] SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund is looking for an active convertible bonds manager through IPE-Quest (QN818).
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AP6 invests in hedge fund index
SWEDEN – The SEK17.2bn (€1.9bn) Sixth buffer fund AP6 is the first investor in the newly-created Investable Nordic Hedge Fund Index by Swedish bank SEB.
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DC managers should 'hang in there' - Cerulli
EUROPE – Foreign managers should commit themselves to European defined contribution schemes regardless of likely initial losses, according to research and consulting firm Cerulli.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Baring, Watson Wyatt, Pictet, Jupiter, Blackrock, Liability Solutions, DWP, AMF, HSBC, Luzern, SWIP, ABN Amro, GASB
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Northern Trust under review at Strathclyde
[17:07 CEST 03-07] UK - The £9.6bn (€14.1bn) Strathclyde pension fund is looking for a custodian.
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IPE-QUEST: $100m REIT mandate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch institutional investor is looking for a real estate manager via IPE-Quest.
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Aegon to merge Polish pension funds
POLAND – Dutch financial group Aegon is to create Poland's fifth largest pension fund in the wake of its acquisition of the pension fund subsidiary of BRE Bank.
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BonyM merger completed
GLOBAL – The Bank of New York and Mellon have announced the finalisation of their merger that creates the largest custodian with over $18trn (€13.3trn) in assets under custody and administration.
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Austrian civil servants to get Pensionskasse
AUSTRIA – The government has endorsed a proposal by the court of auditors to set up a Pensionskasse for up to 100,000 federal civil servants.
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Swiss public schemes told to get fully funded
[17:02 CEST 29-06] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) wants to see all local and federal authority pension schemes on a 100% funding level by 2038.
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HSBC bank scheme names new managers
[17:01 CEST 29-06] UK – The £10.5bn (€15.6bn) HSBC Bank UK pension scheme has appointed Ashmore and AXA Investment Management in a portfolio revamp.
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TFR use for pensions "disappointing" - Candylaftis
[17:00 CEST 29-06] ITALY – Only a small number of Italians have chosen to put their severance pay TFR into pension funds but the pension industry will grow, asset manager Francis Candylaftis is convinced.
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AP4 seeks Asian equities managers
[17:01 CEST 28-06] SWEDEN – The fourth buffer fund Fjärde AP-fonden is tendering for management of €1.5bn in Japanese and Pacific equities.
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Aranykor gets new managing director
[17:01 CEST 28-06] HUNGARY – The HUF92bn (€372m) Aranykor Pension Fund has named Krisztina Kulyassa as new managing director.
