All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 79
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Hewitt Associates’ CFO DeCanniere quits
GLOBAL – Dan DeCanniere, chief financial officer at consulting firm Hewitt Associates, has resigned.
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IPE-QUEST – Danish fund tenders emerging markets
DENMARK – A pension fund in Denmark has tendered an emerging market bond mandate worth €50m via IPE-Quest.
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Ireland sees EU directive as “major opportunity”
IRELAND – The Irish Association of Pension Funds has signalled that the directive on occupational pension funds is a “major opportunity” for Ireland.
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Funds’ bond demand hitting interest rates – DNB
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch central bank and pensions regulator has said that pension fund demand for long-term bonds has put pressure on interest rates.
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US Prudential names international sales head
GLOBAL – Denis Chatterton has been named head of global sales and marketing for Prudential Financial’s International Investments business.
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Mercer hires MLIM’s Williams for investment biz
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting says it has hired Cara Williams from Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in New York.
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Hedge funds own 3.8% of UK market – SSGA
UK – State Street Global Advisors says it estimates that hedge funds own around 3.8% of the UK equity market.
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Deutsche hires UBS exec for hedge fund marketing
EUROPE – Deutsche Bank says it has hired a marketing executive from UBS as head of European distribution for its Deutsche Asset Management arm’s absolute return strategies unit.
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Belgian schemes boost UCITS investments
BELGIUM - Belgian pension schemes have raised their investments in UCITS to more than three-quarters of their total assets, according to a survey from the Belgian Association of Pension Institutions.
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Watson Wyatt European chiefs earn more than CEO
EUROPE – Senior figures at Watson Wyatt in Europe such as Roger Urwin and Paul Thornton earn more in combined salary and bonus than the firm’s chief executive John Haley, it has emerged.
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Henderson names institutional business director
UK - Henderson Global Investors has promoted David Morley to director of institutional business.
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Moral hazard and jobs are key - UK regulator
UK – The chairman of the UK’s pension regulator has outlined the body’s priorities in the wake of its involvement in the insolvency of insurance broker Heath Lambert.
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ABP in foreign exchange settlement move
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has joined a system aimed at reducing the risk involved in foreign exchange settlements called continuous linked settlement.
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London scheme repurchases stock from 1897
UK – The London Pensions Fund Authority has spent more than £18m to buy back stock – some dating back to the end of the 19th Century – that it inherited from the now-defunct London County Council.
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Ex-Robeco investment chief van Duijn retires
NETHERLANDS – Jaap van Duijn, the former chief investment officer at Robeco, the asset management arm of Dutch bank Rabobank, is to retire on October 1 aged 61.
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Europe the driver for State Street, says CEO
UK – State Street Corp. is seeing its most dramatic growth in Europe, says chairman and chief executive Ron Logue.
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Trustees don’t understand investment (update)
UK – An academic study supported by the National Association of Pension Funds has found that trustees have no common understanding of the principles of investment theory and practice (Updates to include further comment).
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Société Générale UK asset chief Percy steps down
UK - Keith Percy, chairman and chief executive of Société Générale's UK asset management arm, is standing down as CEO.
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Cass Business School offers pension science MSc
UK – The Cass Business School in London is offering what it says is the first MSc degree in pension science.
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Pension Protection Fund ‘takes 10% of insurer’
UK – The Pension Protection Fund could take a 10% stake in insurance broking group Heath Lambert in return for taking on its pension fund deficit, according to reports.
