All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 74
-
News
Ordina working to harmonise pension schemes
NETHERLANDS – Dutch IT firm Ordina says it is working to finalise the harmonisation of its pension schemes in the next few months.
-
News
Confusion over 30-year Belgian tender
BELGIUM – A 30-year pension fund administration tender by Belgian municipality Saint-Josse-ten-Noode has left observers confused.
-
News
Dutch institutional real estate reaches €29bn
NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutions’ investment in the real estate sector have surged to €29bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
PensionDanmark aided by alternatives
DENMARK – PensionDanmark, the €7.3bn Danish pension fund, says alternative investments helped limit the negative returns in the first half.
-
News
Clywd scheme goes unconstrained
UK – The £800m (€1.2bn) Flintshire County Council Clwyd Pension Fund has tendered a total of £145m in unconstrained fixed income and equities.
-
News
ABP’s Puay Ju joins Aberdeen for Asian real estate
EUROPE – Kang Puay Ju, senior portfolio manager at Dutch pension fund ABP, will join Aberdeen Asset Management’s real estate arm’s new Asian property fund, the asset manager announced today.
-
News
Renfrewshire tenders employee group life
UK – Renfrewshire Council is tendering for the provision of an employee group life scheme, the council has announced.
-
News
Morley nabs Insight’s Waygood for SRI
UK – Asset management firm Morley Fund Management said today that Steve Waygood has been appointed to the newly created post of head of socially responsible investment (SRI) engagement.
-
News
Towers Perrin’s Nieuwland leaves for Master Foods
NETHERLANDS – Fred Nieuwland, senior consultant at the Dutch arm of consultancy firm Towers Perrin, has left the company.
-
News
Changes at Swiss Life AM in the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS – Pension insurer Swiss Life’s asset management arm has promoted Karel Altena to head Dutch investments, director Rob Delfos announced.
-
News
SWIP names Davidson global bond chief
UK – Rod Davidson has been appointed as Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s new global head of fixed income, the company said today.
-
News
State Street under review at Edinburgh
UK – State Street Global Advisors is facing a review at the £2.1bn (€3.2bn) City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Pension Fund, which is looking to appoint a fund manager for its £125m multi-asset Scottish Homes portfolio.
-
News
Essex pension fund goes unconstrained
UK – The £2.1bn (€3.1bn) Essex County Council Pension Fund is looking to appoint a specialist unconstrained global equity manager for a £140m mandate.
-
News
Lehman nabs Derbyshire for pension role
UK – Investment bank Lehman Brothers has confirmed it has hired Gareth Derbyshire from Merrill Lynch in a senior pensions role.
-
News
ING names CEE securities services chief
NETHERLANDS – Dutch bank ING says it has appointed Lilla Juranyi as its new director of securities services for Central and Eastern Europe.
-
News
Campina tops up GSAM fiduciary mandate
NETHERLANDS – The €1bn pension fund of diary products firm Campina has now put all its assets in a fiduciary mandate with Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
