All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 46
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Goldman hires Morgan Stanley’s van Bezooyen
UK – Goldman Sachs has confirmed it has hired Morgan Stanley European pension executive Jeroen van Bezooyen.
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Italian unions meet over possible pension strike
ITALY– The three leading trade unions, Cgil, Cisl, Uil are to meet at the general assembly decide whether to call for a general strike in protest to the pension reform.
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Italy’s Laborfonds tenders bond, equity mandates
ITALY – Laborfonds, the 190 million-euro pension fund for employees of the Trentino Alto Adige region, has tendered a global bond and a global equity mandate - both worth 10 million euros each.
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Lintstock launches governance site for pensions
UK - Research and advisory firm Lintstock has launched a service to help pension fund trustees handle information on asset managers’ governance and voting policies.
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Campina pension fund names new director
NETHERLANDS – The 800 million-euro pension fund of Dutch dairy conglomerate Campina has appointed Henk Vis as director.
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Consultant tenders absolute returns on IPE-Quest
UK – A UK investment consultant has tendered a 10 million-pound (14.8 million-euro) absolute return mandate through IPE-Quest on behalf of a UK client.
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Enhanced equities tendered via IPE-Quest
UK - A UK investment consultant has tendered a global enhanced equities mandate worth 170 million pounds (253.3 million euros) via IPE-Quest.
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Scandinavian fund tenders high-yield on IPE-Quest
SCANDINAVIA - A Scandinavian pension fund has tendered a high–yield securities mandate worth up to 100 million dollars (78.6 million euros) via IPE-Quest.
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Denmark’s PKA taps SSGA for enhanced US equities
DENMARK – The 9.7 billion-euro pension administration company Pensionskassernes Administration has appointed State Street Global Advisors to run 100 million-dollars (78.6 million-euros) in enhanced US equities.
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Chemie-Pensionsfonds returns 10.9% in 2003
GERMANY – Chemicals and mining industry fund Chemie-Pensionsfonds, achieved a 10.9% return in 2003, which compares with 2002’s 6.8% return.
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Italy may face strike over pension reform
ITALY – The Italian government is facing a possible strike threat over pension reform, a union source said.
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Pension gaps not a factor - Merrill survey
UK – The chief strategist at Merrill Lynch says fund managers have moved on from thinking about corporate pension deficits.
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UK pension bill "offers nothing for women"
UK - The Equal Opportunities Commission says government's latest proposed changes to the pensions system “still offer nothing for women”.
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Italian welfare spending doubles to E228bn
ITALY – Welfare spending, which includes pensions as well as unemployment benefit, doubled between 1990 and 2002 in Italy.
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SGAM is top French asset manager – survey
FRANCE - Societe Generale Asset Management has ousted CDC Ixis as the top asset manager in France, according to a new survey.
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Mercer names head of Swiss investment consulting
SWITZERLAND - Mercer Investment Consulting has appointed Ecofin’s Sven Ebeling as head of investment consulting in Switzerland.
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Berlusconi open to pension reform changes
ITALY – Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he is open to changes to pension reform devised by welfare minister Roberto Maroni and finance minister Giuilio Tremonti.
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Italian ministers may give ground on reform
ITALY- The leaders of the governing coalition would be prepared to axe some of the most controversial features of the planned pensions reform - but changes might halt the development of the second pillar, the employer’s body, Confindustria, said.
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Devon fund awards E678m to UBS, State Street
UK – The 1.2 billion-pound (1.8 billion-euro) Devon County Council Pension Fund has awarded 230 million-pound index-tracking mandates to both UBS and State Street.
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New Bayer pension head eyes careful investment
GERMANY - The new chief executive of Bayer Pensionskasse V V AG, the six billion-euro pension fund of chemicals firm Bayer AG, says funds would be invested as carefully as the funding situation allows.
