All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 209
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News
Putnam Investments names European head
UK – Putnam Investments has named Stephen Cohen as head of its European business, replacing Thomas Reilly, who has retired.
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Dutch ABP “performing well against benchmark”
NETHERLANDS - Europe's largest pension fund, the 135.6 billion euro Dutch civil service fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, showed an improvement in performance against its benchmark in 2002 over the previous year, an industry group says.
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Features
Spanish pensions buoyant in 2002
The assets under management at Spanish occupational pension schemes rose 12.31% to E21.15bn at the end of 2002, according to figures released by Inverco, the Spanish association of institutional investors and pension funds. The number of occupational pension account holders rose 12.76% to 614,000, while the number of occupational schemes ...
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Special Report
First UK SRI index
There are some perhaps unexpected names – including oil, chemicals and mining companies – topping the first UK corporate social responsibility index launched in March. Among the top ranking companies in the new index are Shell International, BP, Dow Chemical and Rio Tinto. They are alongside names such as retailers ...
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Pan-European funds vote welcomed
There was a largely positive reaction to the successful vote in the European Parliament on the Pension Funds Directive from industry groups, with most observers welcoming the decision (page 9). Alan Pickering, the chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, says: “At long last we are in sight of ...
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European venture capital “needs pension funds”
BELGIUM – Pension funds have been identified as one of the factors that could help in the development of the European private equity industry.
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Martin Currie in European hedge launch
UK – Edinburgh based fund manager Martin Currie says it expects to launch a new European hedge fund in June.
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Credit Suisse welcomes Swiss 3.25% decision
SWITZERLAND – Swiss bank Credit Suisse has welcomed the Swiss government’s decision to reduce the guaranteed minimum interest rate to 3.25%.
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Dutch pension returns fall 8.1% - VB, OPF
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds declined in value by an average 8.1% last year, according to data released today by pension associations.
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IMF calls for realistic actuarial measurement
GLOBAL – The International Monetary Fund has called for a more realistic actuarial measurement of pension funding.
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Deutsche Bank cuts pension return assumptions
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank has cut its expected long-term rate of return on its pension assets due to market conditions – and says further pension contributions might be needed.
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Robeco says alternatives are “highly profitable”
NETHERLANDS – Dutch asset manager Robeco Groep says its alternative investments division was “highly profitable” in 2002.
