All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 65
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TKP wins €250m fiduciary mandate from Aon
NETHERLANDS – The €4.5bn pension fund of Dutch telecoms giant KPN and the €250m Aon Group Netherlands Pension Fund have appointed TKP pensions as fiduciary manager.
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Maassen rejects Solvency II for pension funds
EUROPE – Jaap Maassen, director of pensions at giant Dutch pension fund ABP, argues pension schemes would become too expensive if they were to be co-opted into the European Commission’s Solvency II framework for insurance companies.
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Citigroup Germany names new head of alternative sales
GERMANY – Mathias Giebken has been appointed as Citigroup’s new head of institutional sales for alternative investments in Germany and Austria, it was announced today.
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Mercer snaps up Barnett Waddingham partner
UK – Isabel Coles, former partner at independent actuarial partnership Barnett Waddingham, has been appointed as principal at Mercer’s international retirement business.
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Rabobank pension fund looking for head of asset management
NETHERLANDS – The €10bn corporate pension fund of the Dutch Rabobank is looking for a head of asset management, the fund’s managing director Jos Dirks told IPE.
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Fortis to offer corporate pensions in Russia
RUSSIA – International financial service group Fortis will distribute corporate pension plans via large corporate clients throughout Russia through its new company Fortis Life Insurance Russia.
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GSAM wins €700m Dutch fiduciary mandate from CZ
NETHERLANDS – Zorgverzekeraar CZ, one of the largest Dutch health insurers, has appointed Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) to run a €700m fiduciary mandate, it was announced today.
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Belgian municipality to set up ‘silver fund’
BELGIUM – The Belgian municipality Merelbeke is looking to put a mandate of €1.2m (£807,840) in to a so-called ‘Silver Fund’, according to an official notification.
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Gold council to attract pension fund investment online
UK – The World Gold Council will launch a UK knowledge bank website later this month enabling UK pension plans to access research and expertise to deepen the understanding of gold investment.
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Unicredit fund appoints Robeco for fixed income brief
ITALY – The pension fund of Italian banking giant UniCredit has awarded Robeco Asset Management with a €40m (£27m) fixed income quantitative active duration mandate, it appeared today.
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Watsons to absorb its Dutch alliance partner
NETHERLANDS – Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide will take over its Dutch alliance partner Watson Wyatt Brans & Co, the firm announced today.
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Hewitt signs first Cyprus client contract
CYPRUS – The €225m (£151m) Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund has hired investment consultant Hewitt Associates, which has recently opened a branch on the island.
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Slovenia’s largest manager predicts rise in assets
SLOVENIA – As the country introduced the euro in as from the beginning of the year, the board of the state-run €1.18bn Kapitalska Druzba (Pension Fund Management - KAD), predicts a rise in assets to €1.5bn by the end of 2007.
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German railways talks to pension funds about buying shares
GERMANY – German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn is holding talks with large pension funds over its planned privatisation – institutional investors could take over as much as 50% of the shares, it was said.
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More needed for pan-European funds
More will need to be done for pan-European pension funds and cross-border activities to “grow and blossom”, European pension fund representatives told the sixth annual IPE Awards seminar. ABP’s pension director and European Federation for Retirement Provision president Jaap Maassen said: “I am optimistic and see progress, but there are ...
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SEI’s institutional sales head leaves
UK – Francis Ellison, head of institutional sales at multi-manager SEI Investments’ London office, has left according to the firm’s head of institutional business Patrick Disney.
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Dutch funds return to equities - DNB
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds invest more in equities now than they did during the internet boom, according to a study by Dutch pensions regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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Dutch Maxeda scheme eyes transfer to industry fund
NETHERLANDS – The corporate pension fund of retailer Maxeda will transfer to the €4.6bn industry wide pension fund for the retail industry (BPFD), the firm has confirmed today.
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Interpolis asset management head leaves
NETHERLANDS – Interpolis’ head of asset management Herman Bril has left the Dutch insurer to join Aegon where he will lead the firm’s treasury and capital management activities.
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Dutch doctors award €100m European small-caps
NETHERLANDS – The €12bn Dutch Doctors Pension Fund has awarded Munros Capital Management with a €100m European small-cap equities mandate.
