All articles by Carolyn Bandel – Page 8
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NewsMcCreevy looks into hedge funds
[16:35 CET 02-12] EUROPE – Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for internal market and services, has announced he will start a wide-ranging public consultation on the supervision and risks hedge funds.
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NewsLDI pioneer taps TKP for pension administration
[17:05 CET 28-11] NETHERLANDS – The €430m pension fund of food retailer Super de Boer (SDB) has appointed Aegon subsidiary TKP Pensioen for its pension administration and communication.
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NewsFormer PGGM man heads for Horeca
[16:25 CET 28-11] NETHERLANDS – Paul Braams, previously director at PGGM Advies, is taking over in January as director of the Dutch industry-wide pension fund for the hotel, restaurant, cafe and catering industry.
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NewsUnderfunded Swiss funds soldier on
[16:55 CET 27-11] SWITZERLAND – The €5.56bn Bernische Pensionskasse (BPK) will start talks on a possible restructure early next year, while the pension funds of Swiss railway company SBB have abandoned plans to sue the federal government.
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NewsWatson Wyatt recommends funds stop lending
[16:20 CET 27-11] UK – The Lehman Brothers' collapse and the subsequent turbulence has shown the risk/reward trade-off around securities lending may no longer be worthwhile for pension funds, Watson Wyatt has warned.
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NewsBurbach to leave TNO pension fund
[11:55 CET 27-11] NETHERLANDS – Mark Burbach, head of asset management at the €2bn pension fund of the applied scientific research institute TNO, will leave the fund at the end of January to join Blue Sky Group.
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NewsInvestor seeks corporate debt manager
[17:10 CET 26-11] EUROPE – A continental European investment company is looking for a manager to manage a global developed markets corporate debt mandate worth $50m (€38.6m), using IPE Quest.
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NewsSubjective life expectancy could ease financial pressure
[16:55 CET 26-11] NETHERLANDS – Subjective life expectancy is driving the choice by individuals as to when to retire, according to a new study released by the Dutch pension regulator DNB.
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NewsTrack record 'meaningless' as half of bets go sour
[16:50 CET 26-11] GLOBAL – The concept of following a fund manager’s track record as a measure of performance is meaningless, as fund managers typically get only half of their decisions right, research suggests.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[16:45 CET 26-11] GLOBAL – People roundup: APG/Cordares, Telos, Alternative Investment Strategies, Hermes, Mercer, Impax, Aon.
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NewsPush for pensioner board members on hold (amended)
[16:50 CET 25-11] NETHERLANDS – A small group of Dutch politicians have put on hold their proposed amendments to pensions law that would see pensioners become board members of their own industry-wide pension fund boards.
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NewsDutch government firm on loans to pension funds
[14:15 CET 25-11] NETHERLANDS – Piet Hein Donner, the Dutch minister of social affairs, has confirmed pension funds will not get any financial aid from the government, reconfirming earlier statements of his colleague Wouter Bos, minister of finance.
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NewsDonner warns on communicating reserves shortage
[16:35 CET 24-11] NETHERLANDS – Piet Hein Donner, the Dutch minister of social affairs, has today reminded pension funds of their legal obligation to communicate to the Dutch pension regulator and central bank DNB when they hit a reserve shortage.
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NewsCredit crunch demands practical thinking – Jeurissen
[11:50 CET 21-11] NETHERLANDS – Pension funds need to respond with practical policy adjustments to the current credit crisis, according to Theo Jeurissen, chief investment officer of the €33bn Dutch metal pension fund PMT.
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NewsOutperforming active managers 'difficult to find'
[11:40 CET 21-11] EUROPE – Selecting active managers who outperform on a constant basis has proven difficult for pension funds, a panel of pension experts has argued at a seminar of the annual IPE Awards.
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NewsSkinner calls for more reliance on private pensions
[11:20 CET 21-11] EUROPE – Peter Skinner, European Parliament rapporteur for Solvency II, has suggested the public sector should begin to rely more on private pensions.
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NewsInfrastructure needs investment - Boender
[11:00 CET 21-11] NETHERLANDS – Guus Boender, and asset liability management professor and partner of ORTEC in Rotterdam, is calling on pension funds to look beyond 'financial titles and invest in logistical and social infrastructure of countries.
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NewsFix regulatory 'downward spiral' – Van Nunen
[16:30 CET 20-11] EUROPE – Fiduciary management consultant Anton van Nunen has warned one of the most imminent problems pension funds no face is the downward spiral caused by regulation from which pension funds currently suffer.
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NewsING IM snaps up Altis (amended)
[15:30 CET 20-11] SWITZERLAND/ NETHERLANDS – Altis Investment Management, the Swiss-based multi-manager affiliated to Cardano, has been bought by ING Investment Management.
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NewsNestlé scheme mulls 'Wiki-style' risk budgeting
[11:00 CET 20-11] SWITZERLAND – Swiss risk and asset management Fundo is working together with Vevey-based food firm Nestlé on an “open source-minded” financial risk management system, IPE has learnt.
