All articles by Cecilia Valente – Page 48
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German pension association to brief parliament
GERMANY - The chairman of the German association for company pension schemes, Klaus Stiefermann, is to take part in a hearing at the federal parliament tomorrow.
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Italy: Mefop chief says optimism “difficult”
ITALY - The president of Italian pension fund association Mefop, Marcello Messori, says it is “difficult” to be optimistic about the current pension situation.
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PIMCO hires Bentley from Morley Fund Management
UK – Allianz’s PIMCO has hired Peter Bentley from Morley Fund Management as UK corporate bond portfolio manager.
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Jobs to go as Pioneer consolidates Czech arms
CZECH REPUBLIC - Pioneer Global Asset Management is to merge three of its four companies operating in the Czech Republic - with job losses estimated at “less than a hundred”.
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Italian cabinet set to discuss Covip bill
ITALY - A bill to combine the pension and market regulators Covip and Consob – and other bodies - into a single authority for the protection of investors and savers will be put before the cabinet on Friday January 30.
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OECD to launch pension supervisors association
EUROPE - The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Private Pensions Working Party is to launch a new pension supervisors association in July.
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Watson Wyatt hires Deloitte’s Gavanou
FRANCE - Watson Wyatt has hired Jean-Francois Gavanou from Deloitte & Touche’s Paris office as a senior consultant.
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Ex-SGAM equities chief Taylor joins GAM
UK – Sean Taylor, the former head of global equities at SG Asset Management, has joined UBS unit GAM as investment director.
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S&P in warning over German pension reform
GERMANY – S&P has warned that unless Germany addresses its reform programme, which includes pensions, it could face “increasing pressure” on its credit rating.
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Fund managers’ risk appetite up – Merrill survey
GLOBAL – Fund managers’ risk appetite has grown in the last 10 months, according to the latest survey of fund managers conducted by Merrill Lynch.
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Germany’s MetallRente returns 7.2% in 2003
GERMANY – MetallRente, the pension scheme for the German metal industry, has ended its first business year with a 7.2% return.
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Tremonti mulls pension regulation revamp
ITALY - Finance and economy minister Giulio Tremonti has floated the idea of a “super authority” that would handle pension and other market regulation.
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Aon loses out as Mothercare hires Mercer
UK - Retailer Mothercare has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting to provide investment advice – resulting in a loss for Aon Consulting.
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Confindustria wants end to pension uncertainty
ITALY – Employers group Confindustria has called for and end to uncertainty over pension reform.
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France wants EU stability pact to cover pensions
FRANCE – French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has called for the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact to take into account long-term structural changes such as France’s attempt to make pension and health insurance sustainable.
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Germany’s Fischer enters Commerzbank pension row
GERMANY – Germany’s outspoken foreign minister Joschka Fischer has entered a row over Commerzbank’s plans to freeze pension arrangements.
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Germany's BVK taps Mellon for US mid-caps
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, has awarded Mellon Global Investments a 100 million-euro US mid-cap equities mandate.
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Germany eyes civil service pension contributions
GERMANY – The interior ministry has confirmed that it is looking at raising civil service pension contributions.
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European managers see euro stocks up 10% - poll
UK – European institutional investment managers expect European equities to return 10% in 2004, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Pioneer says hedge fund assets rise 60%
ITALY - Pioneer Investments says its hedge fund assets under management rose almost 60% in 2003.
