All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 199
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Dutch pensions regulator says staff under strain
NETHERLANDS – The PVK, the Dutch pensions and insurance regulator, says its staff have been under strain amid “tensions” arising from its controversial coverage ratio requirements.
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Norway’s KLP shuns GM and Marriot
NORWAY – Norwegian asset manager KLP has rejected carmaker General Motors and hotels group Marriot from its investment universe.
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Dutch reforms to “lift effective retirement age”
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch government says the effective age of retirement should rise as a result of reform to the social security system’s pre-pension arrangements.
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US’s TIAA-CREF names Monrad as finance chief
US – US pension fund TIAA-CREF has named former Coopers & Lybrand partner Elizabeth Monrad as chief financial officer.
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AMF Pension names Tunhammar as chairman
SWEDEN – The 22.9 billion euro AMF Pension says it has named Göran Tunhammar as its new board chairman, replacing Olof Ljunggren who is stepping down after eight years.
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Ireland’s IAPF names new chairman
IRELAND – Gerry Ryan, company secretary of Irish telecoms firm Eircom, has been named chairman of the Irish Association of Pension Funds.
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Fidelity tops poll of European fund managers
EUROPE – Fidelity Investment Services has been voted the leading pan-European fund management firm in the Thomson Extel survey.
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Baring’s investment management chief departs
UK – The chief executive of Baring Asset Management’s investment management group, Peter Wolton, is to leave at the end of June.
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Companies need to prepare for Belgian reform - report
BELGIUM – Mercer Human Resource Consulting says companies in Belgium should start looking at their pension arrangements in the wake of the Vandenbroucke reform.
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Report queries Petroleum Fund investment strategy
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management’s short-term “trading” approach to the management of the 86.5 billion-euro Petroleum Fund is in contrast to a more conventional institutional approach, says a new report.
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SEI slams European fund managers
EUROPE – US asset management firm SEI Investments says European fund managers shifted from value to growth investment at exactly the wrong time.
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Retirement savings require “leap of faith” – IMF
GLOBAL – The head of the International Monetary Fund has said it takes a “leap of faith” for people to give their retirement savings to private money managers.
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ABP’s chief investment officer backs equities
NETHERLANDS – The chief investment officer of Europe’s largest pension fund, the 133-billion euro Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has put his weight behind equities’ role in pension fund portfolios.
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Romania to raise pensions by 2.7% - report
ROMANIA – The Romanian government has decided to raise public pensions payments by almost three percent from next month, according to local reports.
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German funds investing in east Europe property
EUROPE – German open-ended funds have taken the lead in foreign investment in eastern European property, according to new research.
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Putnam targets European institutional assets
UK – US-based fund manager Putnam Investments is looking to double its European institutional assets under management, says its top European executive.
