All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 187
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'Strengthen system', IMF tells Dutch
The International Monetary Fund says a strengthening of the Dutch pension system is needed to protect the solvency of occupational pension funds. It adds that the planned merger of regulatory bodies will bolster the supervision of the big, dominant pensions conglomerates. In a recent report on the Netherlands, the IMF ...
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Italy the focus at European pension summit
ITALY – Italy is one of the main topics – alongside the pension fund directive – to be covered at the forthcoming European Pension Schemes Summit in Rome next month.
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Danish fund tenders Euro small-caps via IPE-Quest
DENMARK – A Danish industry-wide pension fund has tendered a mandate for pan-European small-cap equities via IPE-Quest.
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Sweden’s AP2 names new head of equities
SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden, the second Swedish national pension fund, has hired Nordea Investment Management’s Poul Albaek Winslöw as its new head of equities.
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Portuguese pension funds return +4.7% - Mercer
PORTUGAL – Portuguese pension funds returned a median +4.7% in the first half of 2003, according to a survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Watson’s Pickering to discuss consultants
UK – Watson Wyatt partner Alan Pickering is to discuss the role of pension consultants at a conference in London in October.
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OPRA meets firms with pension funding problems
UK – As part of its new “pragmatic” approach, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority has started to meet employers and trustees where schemes have funding problems.
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Fortis Investments hit by institutional outflows
BELGIUM – Asset management profits and revenues at Fortis fell in the first half of this year – hit by net outflows of institutional clients.
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AP4 not satisfied with performance vs. benchmark
SWEDEN – The fourth national pension fund Fjarde AP-fonden, or AP4, says its performance against its benchmark in the first half of the year was “unsatisfactory”.
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SSGA hires Hungarian central bank’s Domjan
UK - State Street Global Advisors has hired Mihaly Domjan from the Hungarian central bank to be a senior portfolio manager in its cash management team.
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Jobs go as Cerulli closes London office
EUROPE - Cerulli Associates has closed its London office with the loss of three jobs.
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Ex-MN Services sales head sets up consultancy
NETHERLANDS – The former head of sales and marketing at MN Services, Marion Verheul, has set up her own pensions consulting firm.
