All IPE articles in December 2003 (Online) – Page 5
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Northern unveils trade analysis for institutions
GLOBAL – Northern Trust has unveiled an automated trade execution monitoring tool for institutional clients - Trade Execution Analysis.
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Italians take to streets over pension reform
ITALY – Italians took to the streets of Rome on Saturday in protest at the government’s pension reform plans – though the government says the action will complicate matters.
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ABN Amro sees Dutch funds’ bond shift
NETHERLANDS – ABN Amro expects Dutch pension funds to move to a higher bond allocation – driven by regulatory factors and the change to a fair discount rate.
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Corp. of London hands custody to ABN Amro Mellon
UK - The Corporation of London, the municipality for the City of London financial district, has awarded an 800 million-pound (1.1 billion-euro) custody mandate to ABN Amro Mellon.
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Allianz sets up asset management admin arm
GERMANY – Allianz’s Deutscher Investment Trust says it wants to position its new Fondsdepot subsidiary as an independent administrative centre for the asset management industry.
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Final Tabaksblatt governance report due
NETHERLANDS – The final report of the Tabaksblatt committee of corporate governance will be presented to the Dutch government tomorrow.
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Petroleum Fund tenders active equity mandates
NORWAY – The 803 billion-crown (99.4 billion-euro) Petroleum Fund is seeking managers to run active global and emerging market equities.
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KPMG sells Swiss and Belgian consulting arms
EUROPE – KPMG has sold Swiss and Belgian consulting operations to Mercer and Aon respectively.
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AMF Pension names AP4’s McPhee as CIO
SWEDEN – AP4’s head of performance and risk control, Sarah McPhee, has accepted what she termed an “irresistible offer” to join AMF Pension as chief investment officer.
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Average Irish pension fund slips –0.5%
IRELAND - Group pension managed funds returned an average -0.5% in November, according to new data.
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Aegon awards E19bn custody mandate to KAS
NETHERLANDS – Aegon Asset Management Netherlands has awarded KAS Bank a 19 billion-euro mandate for the custody and administration of European bonds and Dutch equities.
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Ageing could boost German markets – report
GERMANY – A new academic report has argued that demographic ageing is not necessarily a bad thing for German capital markets.
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Watson sees average global funding at 80%
GLOBAL – Watson Wyatt has estimated the average funding level in the global pensions industry at 80%.
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State Street unveils ‘virtual’ asset pooling
EUROPE - Global custody group State Street says it is introducing a ‘virtual’ product for multinational pension fund asset pooling.
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Institutions raising hedge allocation - Edhec
EUROPE - Institutional investors’ allocations to European funds of hedge funds are growing rapidly, according to a study by Edhec Group, one the leading French Business Schools. But high net worth investors still represent the main category of investors.
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DeAM says it rejigs UK client team
UK - Deutsche Asset Management has rejigged its UK client relationship team after the departure of Simon Peck and Roger Morris.
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CalPERS to put up to $18bn into enhanced index
US – The 155.8 billion-dollar (128.5 billion-euro) US pension fund CalPERS plans to put up to 18 billion dollars into enhanced index investment strategies.
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Metalektro to allocate E700m to commodities
NETHERLANDS – Metalekro, the 14 billion-euro pension fund for the Dutch metals industry, is to allocate 700 million euros, or five percent of its assets, to commodities.
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Dutch pension funds support Rutte plan
NETHERLANDS - Dutch social security minister Mark Rutte’s idea of setting up boards of commissioners at pension funds has won funds’ backing.
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WM says average UK pension fund rises 3.6%
UK - The average UK pension fund rose by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2003 – taking the total return for the year to date to 10.3% - says performance measurement firm WM Co.
