All IPE articles in December 2005 (Online) – Page 3
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ABP publishes IORP investment principles
NETHERLANDS - Civil service scheme ABP is the first pension fund in the Netherlands to publish a declaration on its investment principles.
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German funds react to inflation-linked bond plans
GERMANY – German pension funds have been reflecting on the news that Germany plans to issue its first ever inflation-linked bonds in the near future.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss fund tenders small caps
SWITZERLAND – A Swiss pension fund has tendered a pan-European small-cap equities via IPE-Quest.
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Dutch insurance association CEO to retire
NETHERLANDS - Eric Fisher is take early retirement from his post as chief executive of the Association of Dutch Insurers, VvV, and be succeeded by Richard Weurding.
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ABP, PGGM award €11bn private equity mandate
NETHERLANDS – ABP and PGGM, the two largest Dutch pension funds, have awarded a new €11bn private equity mandate to AlpInvest.
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PGGM may pay pensions in kind
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch health care scheme PGGM is looking into paying pensions partly in kind, its chairman Karel Noordzij has said.
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Hewitt names Szelecki as East European head
EUROPE – Hewitt Associates has named Zsolt Szelecki to head its European emerging markets group covering mostly Eastern European countries.
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International pensions now mostly DC – Mercer
GLOBAL - Two-thirds of companies with international pension plans now use defined contribution arrangements, according to a survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Fidelity setting up multi-manager business
UK – Fidelity Investments is setting up a multi-manager business that will eventually offer manager of managers services.
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Schroders seeking to boost European brand
EUROPE – Schroders is seeking an individual to help it to boost its brand in Europe.
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Grontmij awards LDI bond brief to PIMCO
NETHERLANDS - PIMCO says it has been awarded a more than €300m liability driven bond brief by Grontmij Pensioenfonds.
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EFAMA names UK’s Trenchard as director general
EUROPE – European investment fund association EFAMA has named the UK’s Viscount Hugh Trenchard as its new director general.
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DeAM, Trinkaus in running for Henkel CTA
GERMANY – Industry sources say Deutsche Asset Management and HSBC’s Trinkhaus Capital Management may be in line to advise chemicals firm Henkel on its planned contractual trust arrangement – an external fund to finance more than €1bn in pension liabilities.
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Purchase boosts Morningstar investment consulting
US – Investment research firm Morningstar says its $83m (€69.6m) cash acquisition of asset allocation firm Ibbotson will boost its investment consulting business.
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UK schemes buying linkers at any price - BOE
UK – The Bank of England says UK pension funds are buying index-linked gilts at virtually any price – caught in a vicious circle of falling yields and falling funding ratios.
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ABN Amro Mellon takes on 22 F&C staff
NETHERLANDS – Custody provider ABN Amro Mellon Global Securities Services is taking on 22 staff from F&C as part of a Dutch outsourcing deal.
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ABP joins Enhanced Analytics Initiative
NETHERLANDS - The €187bn Dutch civil service pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative as a full member.
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Dutch doctors tap WM for measurement
NETHERLANDS - Doctors Pension Funds Services, which runs a combined €11.7bn for the two Dutch doctors’ schemes, has awarded a performance measurement brief to State Street’s WM arm.
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CalSTRS in $3bn emerging market move
GLOBAL – California teaching pension fund CalSTRS has picked five asset managers to run around $3bn (€2.5bn) of emerging markets assets.
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Valais canton boosting civil service schemes
SWITZERLAND – The government of the Swiss canton of Valais has unveiled a set of measures aimed at improving the poor financial health of two pension schemes that serve teachers and civil servants in the region.
