All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 185
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UBS and others unveil new Swiss pension product
SWITZERLAND – A group including UBS’s asset management arm is to launch pension fund provision for small and medium-sized Swiss companies to compete with insurers.
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Call for UK trustee regulation gets cool reception
UK – A call from the Pensions Ombudsman for tighter regulation of independent trustees has had a cool reception.
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Towers Perrin’s Bannet moves to Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – Hewitt Associates has hired Eddy Bannet from Towers Perrin to be joint head of investment in the Netherlands.
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Serbia to raise retirement age by five years
SERBIA – Serbia says it plans to raise the minimum retirement age by five years from the current “in a phased manner”.
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Property helps match asset/liabilities – DeAM
UK – Deutsche Asset Management’s property arm says property can help institutions such as pension funds match liabilities with their assets.
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OPRA hosts whistleblower workshop
UK – The Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority is to hold a workshop to explain new rules on reporting problems with pension schemes.
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BlackRock loses out at Ireland’s NTMA
IRELAND – US-based BlackRock has lost its pan-European active equity mandate at the National Treasury Management Agency, which runs the eight billion-euro Irish National Pension Reserve Fund.
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AP3 names European small/mid-cap managers
SWEDEN – The 129.7 billion Swedish-crown (14 billion-euro) Swedish national pension fund AP3 has made a 291 million-euro move into European small and mid-cap equities with the appointment of four investment managers.
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Retirement age the hot topic at CERP conference
ITALY – The age of retirement in Europe is the focus of a forthcoming conference organised by Italy’s Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, or CERP.
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Société Générale names deputy CEO at SGAM
FRANCE – Société Générale has named Alain Clot as deputy to SG Asset Management chairman and chief executive Philippe Collas.
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Investment consultants reject Myners’ criticism
UK – The investment consultants’ trade association has rejected Paul Myners’ attack on the industry’s “short-termist regime”.
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Corporate pension funds seen eyeing hedge funds
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are changing their thinking about hedge funds, prompted by pension obligations being treated as debt, according to a new report by Morgan Stanley.
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“Astonishment” over Dutch early-retirement curb
NETHERLANDS – Dutch government plans to dissuade early retirement have been met with what one observer termed “astonishment”.
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ING targets pension funds with property fund
UK - ING Real Estate Investment Management is targeting pension funds with a new property fund of funds.
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UK bosses “persist with DB schemes”
UK – Corporate directors in the UK are keeping their defined benefit pension schemes while closing them for workers, the main trade union body in the UK says.
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Ireland’s NTMA tenders four mandates on IPE-Quest
IRELAND – Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency has tendered four mandates worth a total of around 650 million euros on IPE-Quest.
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UK’s state actuary in local authority push
UK – The government’s actuarial department is looking at moving into the local authority pension scheme market.
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European investment fund assets up 6.9% - Fefsi
EUROPE - The total assets of the European investment fund market rise by 6.9% in the second quarter, and the trend is positive for the future, says investment fund body Fefsi.
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Irish group managed funds rose 3% in August
IRELAND - Irish group managed funds rose by around three percent last month, according to data from investment consultants.
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Asset management growth due to ageing and pensions
GLOBAL – Ageing populations and shifting pension arrangements mean that global asset management is a growth industry, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s.
