All IPE articles in December 2000 (Online) – Page 4

  • News

    Calor cuts off P&D and Merrill

    2000-12-19T03:17:00Z

    UK - The UK retirement benefits fund for gas group Calor has dropped Phillips & Drew and Merrill Lynch from a pair of £140m balanced mandates

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    Insurers go to court over pensions cross-selling

    2000-12-20T05:24:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - The Dutch parliament is set to rule next week whether industry-wide pension schemes should sell individual social benefits to scheme members – in a case being fiercely challenged by the insurance lobby in the courts.

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    Ireland puts away IR£6bn for the future

    2000-12-20T05:29:00Z

    IRELAND - The green light has been given to Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund, which should see upwards of IR£6bn pumped into its coffers by the year end. RFPs for external mandates could be requested as early as February.....

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    Russell pushes $600m PIMCO's way

    2000-12-20T05:32:00Z

    UK - Frank Russell has selected PIMCO Global Advisors to manage a further $600m (e674m) portion of its global bond fund range within the group’s multi-manager investment structure

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    Vesting period to be cut in two

    2000-12-20T05:36:00Z

    GERMANY - The country's prohibitive ten year pension vesting period is to be cut in half under proposals being considered by the government ahead of next year’s pension reforms.

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    BfG and Gerling to become German financial giant

    2000-12-20T05:47:00Z

    Germany - BfG bank and Cologne-based industrial insurer Gerling Group have signalled their intention to co-operate on insurance, internet banking, brokerage and asset management, with a view to possible expansion in Europe.

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    EDF charges up PIMCO and AGF

    2000-12-20T05:53:00Z

    Paris based Eléctricité de France (EDF) – the French electricity provider - has selected Pimco Global Advisers and AGF Asset Management – both under the new Allianz PIMCO Asset Management grouping - to jointly run a significant global bond mandate worth tens of millions of euros.

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    Petroleum fund puts US$3.5bn up for grabs

    2000-12-20T05:56:00Z

    NORWAY - Norway’s government petroleum fund is seeking proposals from managers for specialist mandates, that might be worth up to US$3.5m in total

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    Allied Irish gets GIPS go ahead

    2000-12-22T03:19:00Z

    IRELAND - Allied Irish Bank’s fund management house, AIB Investment Managers (AIBIM), has become one of the first Irish managers to be certified GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) compliant.

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    Handelsbanken takes top spot after SPP life swoop

    2000-12-22T03:21:00Z

    Sweden’s Handelsbanken has bought the life and insurance business of competing mutual insurance company SPP in a deal worth SEK7.1bn (e815m) – a move which sees it overtake rivals to become the largest commercial bank in the country’s occupational pensions sector.

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    Swedish kommun takes on foreign equity managers

    2000-12-22T03:22:00Z

    Sweden - The SEK100m Swedish kommun of Partille has selected Carlson Investment Management and Länsförsäkringar Wasa to Swedish balanced mandates of SEK40m each and pulled in overseas managers Fidelity and Indocam to manage SEK10m apiece in global equity funds.

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    Eureko to buy F&C for e662m

    2000-12-22T04:02:00Z

    UK: Foreign & Colonial is being added to Eureko's asset management portfolio following its agreed sale by Germany's HypoVereinsbank for e662m.