All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 84
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Turkey expects approval for pension reform
TURKEY – The Turkish government says it expects parliament to approve the new pension reform law by the end of June.
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Fidelity institutional chief joins Odey
EUROPE - David Stewart, president of Fidelity International's European institutional business, is to join Odey Asset Management as chief executive.
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Pension compulsion debate returns to UK
UK – The issue of whether people should be forced to save for their pensions seems to be back on the political agenda following remarks from new pensions secretary David Blunkett.
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TIAA-CREF CFO steps down amid SEC probe
US – Elizabeth Monrad, chief financial officer at US educational pension fund group TIAA-CREF, has stepped down because she is being investigated in relation to the General Re affair.
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IPE-QUEST: MidEast investor tenders $200m
MIDDLE EAST – A UK-based consultant has tendered $200m (€157.4m) for Nordic hedge fund ma
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ING IM’s institutional assets fall 17%
NETHERLANDS – Institutional assets under management at ING Investment Management have fallen 17.2% to €99bn, following the sale of Baring Asset Management.
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AXA survey backs Anglo-Saxon retirement model
GLOBAL – A survey of global retirement trends by French financial services group AXA has found that the Anglo-Saxon retirement model leaves people happier than other systems.
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Watson Wyatt UK hedge researcher moves to US
UK/US – Gideon Nieuwoudt, a hedge fund researcher at Watson Wyatt in the UK, has transferred to Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting in the US.
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UK names Timms as minister of state for pensions
UK – The ministerial team at the Department for Work and Pensions has been completed with the appointment of Stephen Timms as minister of state for pensions.
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Storebrand’s asset management profit halves
NORWAY – Pre-tax profit at Storebrand Investments more than halved to NOK8m (€1m) in the first quarter of this year, from NOK17m a year earlier.
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OECD unveils glossary of pensions terms
GLOBAL – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has created a 102-page glossary and classification for private pensions.
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Bank of NY makes two UK senior appointments
UK – The Bank of New York has made two senior UK appointments: Peter Christmas and Mark Westwell.
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Finland’s Etera awards €250m to Kaupthing
FINLAND – Icelandic banking group Kaupthing says its asset management arm has been awarded around €250m by €4.9bn Finnish pension insurance company Etera.
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New UK pensions minister Blunkett to address NAPF
UK – David Blunkett, the new secretary of state for work and pensions, is to address the National Association of Pension Funds’ annual conference later this week.
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Shell Pensions’ Hickey leaves to join F&C
UK – F&C Asset Management says it has hired Japanese equity specialist Adrian Hickey from oil group Shell’s in-house pensions management arm.
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PMI's Cobley becomes chairman of consulting firm
UK - Roger Cobley, the president of the Pensions Management Institute, has been appointed chairman of institutional consulting firm Stamford Associates.
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UK university scheme seeks investment chair
UK - The £20bn (€29.4bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme is seeking a new chairman of its investment committee to replace Scott Bell.
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Deutsche in €24bn European institutional inflow
EUROPE – Deutsche Bank says its asset management arm had €24bn of net institutional inflows in the first quarter of 2005.
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Ireland eyes pan-European pension role
IRELAND – The Irish government has stated its commitment to positioning itself as the domicile of choice for pan-European pension schemes following legislation to transpose the EU directive on occupational pensions.
