All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 102
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Feri sells Fund Market Information
[17:00 CEST 28-06] UK/GERMANY – Fund research specialist Feri Fund Market Information (Feri FMI) is to become part of Lipper, Reuters' specialist fund subsidiary.
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IPE-QUEST: Laborfonds adds investment lines
[16:58 CEST 28-06] ITALY – The €451m Laborfonds is seeking managers for a guaranteed and an ethical investment line as well as for a European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Norwegian giant tenders tax advice
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is seeking a tax adviser on investments of the NOK1.88trn (€236.3bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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France half way to solving pension issue - OECD
FRANCE – Complex tax and overgenerous benefits for public transport workers are holding up pension reform, according to the OECD.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – EFAMA, Aon Consulting, Portuguese reserve fund, Hermes, Mellon, Jupiter, Sacker, Halbis
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Swiss and UK funds win tax refund
UK/SWITZERLAND – UK pension funds investing in Swiss companies will get their tax at source on dividends refunded under a new amendment to bilateral agreements signed today.
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London & Capital doubles assets
GLOBAL – London & Capital reported a rise in assets under management to over $3bn (€2.23bn) from $1.6bn in 2005.
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PPF confirms chair
[16:31 CEST 25-06] UK – Lawrence Churchill has been reappointed as chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
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Devon heads down the infrastructure route
[16:25 CEST 25-06] UK – The £2bn (€3bn) Devon County Council Pension Fund is making its first foray into infrastructure via a new UBS vehicle.
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UBS stake in Julius Baer sold
[16:20 CEST 25-06] SWITZERLAND – Swiss private bank Julius Baer has bought back 5.47% of its shares held by Swiss banking group UBS, while the remaining stake has been sold on the stock market.
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EBRD-backed Slovenian giant goes east
SLOVENIA – Slovenian pension provider Prva is one of the first to be granted a license to sell compulsory supplementary pension products under Romania's newly-created second pillar.
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FRR reviews currency mandate
[11:02 CEST 25-06] FRANCE – The €32bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) is reviewing its overlay manager State Street Global Advisors and has awarded three equity mandates.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m hedge fund strategy mandate
[11:00 CEST 25-06] EUROPE – A continental European pension fund is looking for an active global equity market neutral manager, using IPE Quest.
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NPRF switches Japanese equity mandate
[16:25 CEST 22-06] IRELAND – JP Morgan has lost a €300m active Japanese mandate with the €20.7bn National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF).
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Eurizon Capital gets new CEO
[16:23 CEST 22-06] ITALY – Francis Candylaftis is to become the new chief executive at Eurizon Capital, one of the largest Italian asset management houses.
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BoNY/Mellon appoints 18 directors
[16:21 CEST 22-06] GLOBAL – Nine directors at Bank of New York and Mellon are set to leave as the companies have announced the 18-member board of their joint entity.
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UN warns of "destabilizing" effect of pension funds
[17:11 CEST 21-06] GLOBAL – The United Nations (UN) has voiced concern about the impact growing activity of institutional investors, such as pension funds, might have on economies.
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Portability seeks amendments after MEPs' 'OK'
[17:10 CEST 21-06] EUROPE – The European Parliament has approved a watered-down version of the portability directive but the paper will now go back to the Commission for more amendments in order to get the Council's approval.
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FSA reduces pension deficit by 12.5%
[17:09 CEST 21-06] UK – The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) spent £26m (€38.7m) last year in order to reduce the deficit in its final salary pension plan by £11.4m to £79.9m.
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Pension funds seek drug firms transparency
[16:57 CEST 20-06] GLOBAL – Two of the largest European pension funds USS and ABP are calling on the pharmaceutical industry to address issues such as transparency and access to medicine in order to increase investor value.
