All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 29
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Swiss Life warns of 2nd-pillar “casino mentality”
SWITZERLAND - The chief executive of insurer Swiss Life, Paul Mueller, has warned that accepting shortages of coverage in the Swiss second pillar was a “casino mentality”.
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AP3 awards three mid-cap briefs worth E439m
SWEDEN - The 16.6 billion-euro Third Swedish National Pension Fund, Tredje AP-fonden or AP3, has awarded three European mid-cap mandates totalling more than four billion crowns (439 million euros).
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INTERVIEW: UniCredito CEO on Italian pensions
ITALY - Alessandro Profumo, the chief executive of Italian bank UniCredito Italiano Group, has outlined to IPE in an interview the way forward for Italian occupational pensions.
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Molenaar to head Robeco Asset Management
NETHERLANDS – Robeco has named Niek Molenaar as head of Robeco Asset Management as part of a revamp that has left marketing head Hans van der Koogh ousted from the firm’s top level.
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PKA awards E81m Japanese brief to SSGA
DENMARK - The 9.7 billion-euro Danish administration company for occupational pension funds Pensionskassernes Administration has awarded State Street Global Advisors a 100 million-dollar (81.7 million-euro) active Japanese equity mandate.
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Austria considers civil service pension fund
AUSTRIA - The Austrian pension market could be boosted by up to 100,000 new pension scheme members with the cabinet poised to consider a draft to set up a pension fund for civil servants.
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Swiss social fund names CL exec as controller
SWITZERLAND- The Swiss Social Security Compensation Pension Fund AHV has hired Bettina Viedma of Credit Lyonnais Securities as its new investment controller.
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Italy’s Espero tenders for depositary bank
ITALY - The government-backed pension fund for teachers and school employees, Fondo Scuola Espero has tendered for a depositary bank.
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Swiss AHV investment head Kuttler joins Citigroup
SWITZERLAND - Philippe Kuttler, a top official of the Swiss Social Security Pension Fund AHV, has joined Citigroup Asset Management to lead business development in the Swiss market.
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LCP partner Ellis joins Mellon consulting arm
UK - Lane Clark & Peacock partner Ian Ellis has been hired by Mellon Financial Corporation’s Human Resources & Investor Solutions, HR&IS, as principal and senior consulting actuary.
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Austria unveils new harmonisation proposals
AUSTRIA - The governing coalition’s long-awaited draft on pension harmonisation envisages the application of the new rules to under 50-years old workers rather than 55 years olds as so far suggested.
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IPE-QUEST: Belgian insurer tenders E100m
BELGIUM - A Belgian insurance company has tendered up to 100 million euros via IPE-Quest.
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IPE-QUEST: German fund tenders global equities
GERMANY- Swiss Consultant Kottmann Advisory is looking for a manager for an actively managed growth oriented large-cap global equity brief on behalf of a German pension fund.
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Swedish county pension head joins T. Rowe
SWEDEN - T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services has recruited the head of 850 million-crown (93 million-euro) Gävleborg County Council pension fund for its new office in Stockholm.
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Deka scandal unlikely to faze investors – HVB
GERMANY – The scandal at Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH which has seen the real estate firm’s head dismissed, is unlikely to faze investors, an analyst at HVB says.
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Schroders loses out to Muzinch at Hoover
UK - The pension scheme of domestic appliance maker Hoover has awarded its first international cross-over corporate bond mandate worth 18 million pounds (26.5 million euros) to Muzinich – resulting in a loss for Schroders.
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France: BNP, Dexia vie for top SRI slot - report
FRANCE - BNP Paribas and Dexia are vying for first place in the French socially responsible investing market, consulting firm Novethic said.
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Hot Italian autumn to come
Pension reform, a crucial part of Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right government agenda, got the go-ahead in Italy’s lower chamber of parliament on July 28. The vote sealed the government’s victory on the controversial issue of pensions nearly two years after the reform bill had been presented to parliament and only a ...
