All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 41
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Clwyd puts E16m into hedge funds with Pioneer
UK - Flintshire County Council has awarded a fund of hedge funds mandate on behalf of the 550 million-pound (834 million-euro) Clwyd Pension Fund to Pioneer Alternative Investments.
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Call for EU to prove itself on pensions
ITALY - The Greek member of the European Union’s Social Protection Committee, Platon Tinios, says the EU must prove itself on pensions.
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Pension reform should be ongoing - OECD official
EUROPE - Pension reform should not been seen as something static but as an ongoing process of revision, says a top pensions official at the OECD.
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German insurers bullish on pension revolution
GERMANY - The association of German insurers says pension reform could lead to a revolution in the German financial landscape.
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Italian parliament may OK pension reform bill
ITALY - The controversial pension reform bill, seen as a 'make or break' matter for the government, could be approved by parliament before the European and local elections in June.
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Generali London office head returns to Italy
UK/ITALY: The head of Assicurazioni Generali’s London office, Ludovic Bayard, is to return to Italy and be replaced by Andrea Valacchi.
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Hymans names Burke as scheme design manager
UK – Hymans Robertson has named Jan Burke as manager of its scheme design and management practice at its London, Birmingham and Glasgow offices.
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F&C eyes expansion in France
FRANCE - F&C has hired Bruno Moneron from J P Morgan Fleming to lead its expansion in France.
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Guinness pension fund’s McLoughlin retires
IRELAND – Jim McLoughlin, secretary to the trustees of the Guinness Ireland group pension scheme, has retired.
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Loweth steps down as AXA IM UK sales head
UK - Nigel Loweth has stepped down as head of UK institutional sales at AXA Investment Managers to become director for global consultant relations at the firm.
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Bateman awards E30m to MM
UK - The pension scheme of hearing and optical products firm Bateman has awarded Threadneedle’s MM Asset Management a 20 million-pound (29.9 million-euros) multi-manager mandate.
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Campina faces fines over pension indexation
NETHERLANDS – Dairy products firm Campina faces fines of up five million euros over the rate it pays its pensioners, a court has ruled.
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Salamin leaves Swiss social security fund AVS
SWITZERLAND - Dominique Salamin has left Switzerland’s 25 billion-Swiss franc (16.7 billion-euro) social security fund Assurance Vieillesse et Survivants, or AVS.
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Dutch railways pension CIO Groeneveld to retire
NETHERLANDS - Ton Groeneveld, chief investment officer of SPF Beheer, which administers the 10 billion-euro Spoorwegpensioenfonds railway pension fund, is to retire.
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Russell/Mellon drops CAPS from name
UK – Institutional information provider Russell/Mellon CAPS is to drop the CAPS – which originally stood for Combined Actuarial Performance Services - from its name as of April 26 and be known as Russell/Mellon.
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Study critical of high Italian pension costs
ITALY - The Italian pension market is split between cost-effective occupational pension funds and individual insurance schemes with higher charges, a new study says.
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Metallrente backs industry-wide schemes
GERMANY- The head of the Metallrente pension fund has hailed the adequate pension provision that industry-wide pension funds can bring to small company employers and employees.
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HooverCandy taps Aon for extra actuarial work
UK – Appliance manufacturer HooverCandy Group has appointed Aon Consulting to provide actuarial services to a further three of its pension schemes.
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Struyk to head Fortis measurement arm
NETHERLANDS - Fortis has named Sander Struyk as director of its performance measurement unit SAMS, taking over from Eric Daubresse.
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Fund managers look beyond pension woe – Merrill
GLOBAL - More fund managers want corporate profits to go towards paying higher dividends than to topping up company pension schemes and repaying debts, according to David Bowers, Merrill Lynch’s chief global strategist.
