All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 73
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NBIM to take on more corporate governance staff
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management, in the news over the disinvestment of Wal-Mart, looks to be boosting its corporate governance efforts with new staff.
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Ex-ING pensions head Nijssen joins consultant
NETHERLANDS – Former ING pensions head Jan Nijssen has joined Dutch pensions consulting and law firm Montae’s executive board in a move to expand the firm’s pensions consultancy offerings.
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Grafische staff transfer to KAS
NETHERLANDS – Grafische Bedrijfsfondsen (GBF), the umbrella organisation for the Dutch graphics industry’s €10bn pension funds, is to outsource its back office investment activities to KAS Bank.
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Hewitt under review at Cork university scheme
CORK – Consultants Hewitt Associates is facing a review at the €191m University College Cork Statutory Pension Scheme, based in south of Ireland.
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Three Norwegian councils tender for pension services
NORWAY – Three Norwegian local councils, Rygge, Lindås and Vågsøy, are tendering for group pension services in total worth NOK42m (€4.7m).
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Pension funds pick up more of Exista from Kaupthing
ICELAND – Icelandic pension funds have bought a further stake in financial services group Exista from Kaupthing Bank, the bank announced today.
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Cordares hires business development staff
NETHERLANDS – Dutch industry-wide pensions provider Cordares says it has expanded its sales, strategy and innovation team with three new members.
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New director at Campina Pensioenfonds
NETHERLANDS – Campina’s corporate affairs director Jos Clerx has been named director of the €1bn Stichting Pensioenfonds Campina.
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Norwegian fishermen name fund managers
NORWAY – The NOK630m (€70.6m) Garantikassen for Fiskere pension fund has appointed DnB NOR Kapitalforvaltning ASA and ABN Amro Kapitalforvaltning as its new asset managers.
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ABP Investments names research head
NETHERLANDS – Robeco’s Ronald Wuijsters has been appointed as the new head of research at ABP Investments Pensioenfonds, the fund confirmed today.
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Cordares confirms Italian plans
EUROPE – Dutch industry-wide pensions provider Cordares is expanding into the increasingly attractive Italian pensions market, the company confirmed today.
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New Swiss pension scandal emerges
SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension industry – already reeling from the Swissfirst insider trading allegations – has been dealt another blow.
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Norway’s Ringerike seeks pension provider
NORWAY – The pension fund of the Norwegian municipality Ringerike is looking for an occupational pension service provider.
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Two leave Hewitt’s Dutch practice
NETHERLANDS – Investment consultancy firm Hewitt Associates’ Dutch arm has lost senior consultants Dick van den Oever and Eddy Bannet.
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Big UK schemes warm to private equity
UK – Representatives of some of the largest UK pension funds have come out in favour of private equity as an asset class – though they say a “new professionalism” is needed.
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German board to discuss IAS19 minimum funding
GERMANY – The German Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is to hold a public discussion following a draft report released in August discussing the IAS19 minimum funding problem.
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Denmark’s Lærernes hires PanAgora for US mid-caps
DENMARK – The DKK20bn (€2.7bn) Danish pension fund Lærernes Pension (Teachers’ Pension and Life) has appointed PanAgora Asset Management for $50m (€36.4m) in US mid-cap equities.
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Watson Wyatt replaces Mercer at Northern Electric
UK – The £900m (€1.2bn) Northern Electric Group Pension Scheme has appointed Watson Wyatt as its new investment advisor, after Mercer Investment Consulting came under review.
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Two new Norwegian pension tenders
NORWAY – There are two new Norwegian pensions manager tenders – at municipality Eidskog and the merged Stavanger and Sandnes’ maintenance workers fund.
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BIS to recruit asset management/pension chief
SWITZERLAND – The Bank for International Settlements, the central banks’ bank, is looking to appoint a new head of asset management.
