All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 32
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Fortis hires fund exec from Ernst & Young
EUROPE - Fortis Bank has appointed Ernst &Young’s Jimmy Donnelly as senior business development manager at its Prime Fund Solutions arm.
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Italy lays out pension reform plans
ITALY - The Italian government is set to pave the way for the implementation of the pension reform approved by parliament last week.
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Court threat over Austrian pension harmonisation
AUSTRIA – The opposition has threatened legal action in the latest twist to the harmonisation of the Austrian state pension system.
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IPE-QUEST: Multi-manager tenders US small-caps
EUROPE - A European multi-manager is looking for asset managers for actively managed US small-cap growth and small-cap value mandates.
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Italy’s Finnatica hails SWIP institutional deal
ITALY/UK - Scottish Widows Investment partnership and the Italian investment bank Banca Finnat Euroamerica have teamed up for Italy’s institutional market.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss corporate seeks asset manager
SWITZERLAND - Investment consultant Kieger is looking for an asset manager for an actively managed short duration portfolio, on behalf of a corporate client.
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Italy’s Enel fund tenders entire portfolio
ITALY - The pension fund of the partly privatised state energy and gas producer Enel has tendered its entire portfolio, expected be worth 360 million euros by the end of the year.
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Swiss official says pension age may have to rise
SWITZERLAND – A top Swiss economic official has said demographic developments might mean that the statutory pension age will have to be raised.
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German hedge market could grow to E20bn
GERMANY- The German hedge fund markets, newly open to institutional investors, could grow to 20 billion euros in the next five years, according to consultant Mercer.
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Denmark: Mikkelsen wants higher retirement age
DENMARK – Cabinet minister and top conservative party official Brian Mikkelsen has called for a “more flexible” pension model, which would push up the pension age by five years.
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Top European firms’ pension gap E116bn – report
EUROPE- The aggregate deficit of Europe’s largest companies, those listed in the European Dow Jones STOXX 50 index, has been put at 116 billion euros by Lane Clark & Peacock.
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Judge tells Campina to resolve indexation row
NETHERLANDS - Dairy products manufacturer Campina and its pensioners’ association, VGC, have been asked by a district judge to solve their differences over pension indexing out of court.
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Swiss pension funds boost alternatives - CSAM
SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds have raised their allocation to alternative assets to 1.8%, Credit Swiss Asset Management says.
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Nestlé “very seriously” considering Irish CCF
GLOBAL - Multinational food group Nestlé, which has a 6.2 billion-Swiss franc (3.8 billion-euro) pension fund says it is “very seriously” considering Ireland’s tax-transparent pension vehicle Common Contractual Fund, or CCF.
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Northern taps Mellon's Hamilton for fund role
UK - Northern Trust has hired Mellon’s Karen Hamilton as vice president and product development manager for its Global Fund Services arm.
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Bruyninckx named Euroclear plan administrator
BELGIUM - Settlement system Euroclear Bank has appointed Annelies Bruyninckx as head of employee benefits and pension plan administrator.
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Investment Solutions picks up Minit DB brief
UK - The pension fund of shoe-repairer Minit UK has appointed multi-manager Investment Solutions to manage its 10 million-pounds (15.06 million-euro) defined benefit pension scheme.
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ABN Amro Dutch institutional exec joins F&C
NETHERLANDS - Rob Kamphuis, account manager for institutional clients at ABN Amro in the Netherlands, has left to join F&C Netherlands.
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Muntons appoints HSBC for closed DB scheme
UK - HSBC Actuaries and Consultants Limited has been appointed by the 20 million-pound (30.1 million-euro) Muntons Retirement Benefits Scheme to provide its closed defined benefits scheme with consultancy and administration services.
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BAT taps SWIP for bonds
UK - The British American Tobacco UK Pension Fund has selected Scottish Widows Investment Partnership to manage a 165 million-pound (248.8 million-euro) mixed bond mandate.
