All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 182
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Parliament gets to work on hedge funds
With the summer break now over, the legislative machine at Brussels has started to crank back into life. On the slate is a directive aimed at pinning down transparency. Also in the pipeline are a consultation on pensions mobility and the directive on investment services. But perhaps the most interesting ...
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Mid-Atlantic mindset
With the UK’s benchmark index, the FTSE 100, hitting highs not seen for a year what about the company behind the index, London-based FTSE Group? The company was formed in 1995 and is a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange. The company’s chief executive is ...
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Irish union wants earlier pension provision
IRELAND – Ireland’s SIPTU union has called for the government to take “radical action” in the forthcoming budget to encourage workers to make earlier pension provision.
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NIB Capital buys majority stake of FundPartners
NETHERLANDS – NIB Capital, which is 50:50 owned by Dutch pension funds PGGM and ABP, has bought a 50.1% stake in pension solutions provider FundPartners.
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UK to legislate on pension protection fund
UK – The UK government has said it will legislate to introduce a new statutory pension protection fund.
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Pension tax case’s Ramstedt quits Skandia
SWEDEN – Ola Ramstedt, the employee at the centre of the pensions taxation test case known as the Skandia case, is stepping down as chief executive of the company.
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Pensions savings Nobel winner Modigliani dies
GLOBAL – Economist Franco Modigliani, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on savings behaviour, has died aged 85.
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PGGM names transport executive as new chairman
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the 45 billion-euro Dutch healthcare and social work pension fund which just submitted a recovery plan to the regulator, has named a successor to chairman Dick de Beus.
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Irish DC members “need to raise contributions”
IRELAND – Members of Irish DC schemes need to raise contributions, says Raymond McKenna of the Irish Association of Pension Funds.
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BP’s investment arm seeks portfolio manager
UK – BP Investment Management, which manages the 21 billion-euro BP Pension Fund, is looking for a portfolio manager.
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Dexia AM eyes European expansion
EUROPE – Dexia Asset Management says it plans to expand in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria and Scandinavia.
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Pensions directive comes into force
EUROPE – The European directive on pension funds has now officially come into force after being published in the EU’s Official Journal.
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Mercer's Tondreau joins Watson Wyatt
UK - Watson Wyatt has hired Jean-Francois Tondreau from Mercer Human Resource Consulting to be a senior international consultant in its benefits practice.
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Big UK firms’ pension deficit falls 22% - DrKW
UK – The pension deficit of companies on the FTSE 100 index has fallen 22% to 49 billion pounds (70.7 billion euros), according to new research from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
