All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 20
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UK schemes return 11% in 2004 - WM
UK - Pension funds in the UK posted a “solid” return of 11% in 2004, propped up by property and equity yields, according to a survey by the WM Co., the European performance measurement arm of State Street.
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IPE-QUEST: Multi-manager tenders $170m
EUROPE – A European multi-manager has tendered seven requests for tender totalling $170m (€129.2m) via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders high-yield debt
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch pension fund has started a search for a manager for a €150m pan-European high yield debt mandate via IPE–Quest.
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Switzerland’s Nussbaum fears for 3-pillar system
SWITZERLAND – Werner Nussbaum, one of the architects of the Swiss second pillar pension system, says he has fears about the “destruction” of the three-pillar concept.
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Italy’s Priamo opts for domestic asset managers
ITALY – The Italian pension fund for public transport workers, Fondo Pensione Priamo, has chosen its asset managers – all of whom are Italian.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish scheme tenders equities
DENMARK – A Danish pension fund has tendered two European equity mandates worth a combined €75m via IPE-Quest.
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AXA IM Italia names advisory manager
ITALY - AXA IM Italia, the Milan-based office of AXA Investment Managers, has appointed a new institutional advisory manager to look after its institutional business.
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Unigestion/Lyxor launch new bricks
CHANNEL ISLANDS – Unigestion Asset Management and Societe Generale Asset Management’s Lyxor AM have launched a range of single-strategy funds of hedge funds, called ‘Bricks’.
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Portuguese Pension Funds post 6% return
PORTUGAL – Portuguese pension funds posted an average 6% return in 2004, with equities yielding the highest returns, according to Mercer Investment Consulting.
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European schemes eye equities – ABN Amro
EUROPE - Pension funds and insurance companies may increase their exposure to European equities amid a less pronounced asset liability risk view, ABN Amro says.
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Swiss institutions still vulnerable – Lusenti
SWITZERLAND - Swiss Institutional investors “remain vulnerable” as returns in 2004 did not leave room for improvement, according to a report by Lusenti Partners.
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AXA IM names Moreau strategy aide
FRANCE - AXA Investment Managers has appointed Vincent Levita to the new position of director of strategy and innovation.
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‘Weakness’ found in Swiss fund
SWITZERLAND – An investigation into the management of the Basle City council employees’ pension fund, the PKBS, has highlighted “weaknesses in organisation” and “ lack of professionalism”.
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Italy launches supervision shakeup
ITALY - The welfare ministry is to produce a decree outlining a new role for the Regulatory Commission of Pension Funds (Covip), according to under-secretary for labour, health and welfare, Alberto Brambilla.
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JP Morgan Fleming institutional head White quits
UK - The head of international institutional business at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, Mark White, has left the company after 28 years to “pursue external opportunities”.
