All IPE articles in December 2001 (Online) – Page 5

  • News

    Reports give Allianz German metalworkers contract

    2001-12-04T04:26:00Z

    GERMANY – Metall-Rente, the new Berlin based pension fund company set up by the metal and electronics employers’ association and its industry’s trade union has selected Allianz to run its new occupational pension system, according to reports in German daily newspaper Handelsblatt....

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    Austrian fund fusion creates ATS21bn giant

    2001-12-04T04:26:00Z

    AUSTRIA - The Vienna based ATS3.8bn (e280m) Verbund Pensionskasse, the pension scheme for Austria’s largest electricity company, has announced that it is to merge with the ATS 17bn (e1.3bn) OEPAG Pensionskassen, one of the country’s seven open funds, in an effort to cut costs and concentrate on its core business.... ...

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    European pension schemes join Burma action group

    2001-12-03T04:43:00Z

    EUROPE - A group of European financial institutions including the £21bn (e33.5bn) UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and e48bn Dutch superfund PGGM have formed an action group to raise concerns about investment in Myanmar – formerly known as Burma....

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    CDC venture arm launches large-scale buy-out fund

    2001-12-03T04:41:00Z

    FRANCE – €600m CDC Equity Capital, the leveraged buy-out arm of CDC Ixis, itself part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, has launched a new fund, CDC-Entreprises II, which is aimed at large-scale buy-outs in France with a target total of €450m....

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    Mellon wins Direct Line stakeholder admin brief

    2001-12-03T04:32:00Z

    UK - Mellon Trust has won a mandate to provide administration services to the stakeholder pension scheme of Direct Line Life, the Glasgow based life insurance company....

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    Jupiter offers new pan-European hedge fund

    2001-12-03T04:30:00Z

    IRELAND/UK – Jupiter International Group has launched a new pan-European long/short equity hedge fund called Jupiter Europa Hedge Fund.

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    Giant Italian fund selects new managers

    2001-12-03T01:55:00Z

    ITALY – Fondo Pensione Complementare per la Famiglia (Fondo Famiglia), the Italian housewives’ and part time workers’ pension fund, which could potentially include as many as 15 million members, has made its final selection of managers to run its assets....