All IPE articles in December 2001 (Online) – Page 3
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DeAM calls pension fund expectations 'unrealistic'
GLOBAL – Financial assets around the world are likely to generate lower returns in the future than investors have come to expect and this could have serious consequences for pension funds, since their valuations are based on unrealistic expectations, claims a new Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) report on long-term asset ...
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Sweden's Carlson gains global GIPS compliance
SWEDEN – Stockholm-based Carlson Investment Management has announced that the company now presents performance results in compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)...
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Kanton Zürich pensions chief to resign
SWITZERLAND - Bruno Lang, head of pension fund supervision in the Kanton Zürich is set to resign at the end of 2002....
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Kottmann creates new Swiss consultancy
SWITZERLAND - Felix Kottmann, the former member of the executive committee at Swiss consultants Complementa, who left the firm earlier this year, has set up his own consultancy firm, Kottmann Advisory, with the aim of providing customized services to a selected group of international institutional and private clients in Switzerland....
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Calls for mutual insurance to replace UK's MFR
UK – The UK Industrial Society (IS) has called on the government to replace the minimum funding requirement (MFR) with a government backed mutual insurance scheme....
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SRI research needs standardisation, EU told
EUROPE – It is the quality of socially responsible investments (SRI) research that needs to be standardised, not the methodology, according to Claudia Kruse, corporate responsibility analyst at SRI specialist firm, Global Risk Management Services (GRMS)....
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Mercer hires OPRA man as legal consultant
UK - Gary Crockford has been appointed as a senior legal consultant with William M. Mercer....
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Scottish Widows/Russell strike multi-manager deal
UK - Scottish Widows and Frank Russell have announced a strategic alliance to offer a ‘best of breed’ multi-manager investment programme to UK personal investors....
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Bank of New York switches ADR index to free float
US - The Bank of New York (BNY) is to convert the BNY ADR Index from a full market capitalization to a free-float adjusted system....
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Lack of knowledge deters hedge fund investment
GLOBAL – A lack of knowledge and understanding of how hedge funds work is deterring investors from using alternative investments to diversify their portfolios or reduce volatility, says Baring Asset Management (BAM)....
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Norwegian asset management/property firm launches
NORWAY – The Norwegian State railway, Norske Stadsbaner (NSB), and Aberdeen Celexa Property Investors Nordic Region (ACPINR) have jointly created Celexa Eiensdomsforvältning (CE), a new asset and property management and administration company...
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European Parliament to pass pensions tax bill
EUROPE – The European Parliament was today expected to pass with a clear majority the report on the elimination of tax obstacles to cross-border provision of occupational pensions by Dutch MEP Ieke van den Burg....
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UK funds review managers in light of Unilever case
UK - Almost half of the pension funds surveyed by SEI Investments (47%) in the light of the Unilever/Merrill Lynch court case, settled out of court last week, say that they will review their investment management arrangements as a result....
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NAPF and Deminor in European governance venture
UK - The UK National Association of Pension Funds’ (NAPF) Voting Issues Service (VIS) and corporate governance research and ratings advisor, Deminor Rating, have joined forces to offer coverage of major European companies in 16 countries....
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Standard and Poor's buys Russian ratings firm
RUSSIA – Ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, has strengthened its presence in Russia with an agreement to acquire a majority stake in EA-Ratings, Russia’s first independent credit rating firm....
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Russell wins £18m Institute of Physics fund brief
UK – Frank Russell Company has been appointed to run the full £18m (€29m) pension scheme of the Institute of Physics Retirement Pension Plan....
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IBN adds four consultancy firms to global network
GLOBAL - International Benefits Network (IBN) has added four new member firms to its roster....
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Zurich grooms replacement for CFO Gose
Zurich Financial Services Group has promoted Thomas Buess, currently CFO Zurich North America, to become deputy chief financial officer with a view to replacing Gunter Gose as the group’s CFO on his retirement in mid 2002....
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Cranston steps down as NAPF director general
UK – David Cranston, director general of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), is to step down from his position at the end of this year after 18 months in the job....
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Campaign to lobby pension funds on workers rights
GLOBAL - War on Want, the anti poverty charity, is launching a campaign on Monday urging pension contributors and trustees to lobby companies they invest in to respect workers’ rights....
