All articles by Fennell Betson – Page 10
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Consultant Day event warned about conflicts
The pensions consultants in the US and internationally are under considerable financial pressures, Brian Meath of Lazard Asset Management in New York told the Consultant Day gathering in Frankfurt yesterday.
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Winner of IPE Scholar Award 2004 named
Riitta Hallila, head of sales at Svenska Handelsbanken in Helsinki, has been announced as the IPE Scholar for 2004.
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SFIM and Denver to distribute each other’s funds
London-based Singer & Friedlander Investment Management (SFIM) and US firm Denver Investment Advisors in Colorado have entered a business development and marketing arrangement to expand institutional fund activities.
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Two new member firms for International Benefits Network
The International Benefits Network (IBN), a worldwide network providing employee benefits services, has announced the addition of two new member firms to its global network of employee benefit consultants.
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Real estate is right for Europe's pension funds - Prudential
EUROPE – Real estate has the right characteristics to meet to meet the goals and objectives of European pension funds, according to US group Prudential Real Estate Investors.
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Schroders warns of UK pension fund equity sell-off
UK – Concerns are mounting that British pension funds are exiting the equity markets despite the UK market having its best year since 1999....
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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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Ex-Siemens Scherkamp sets up own firm
EUROPE - Peter Scherkamp, the former head of finance strategy at the Siemens pension fund, has returned to the pensions advisory business.
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US-style real estate trusts seen in the UK
EUROPE - US-style publicly quoted real estate investment trusts should be available in the UK within the next few years, according to property expert Alex Catalano.
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Germany’s BVK has smooth asset transition
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, says the transition of assets to its new array of external managers has gone very smoothly.
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IPD: pension funds risk-averse on property
UK - Life and pension funds are the most risk-averse of UK real estate investors, a conference in Brighton was told today.
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German institutions eye tactical asset allocation
GERMANY - German institutional investors are increasingly focusing on the possibilities for tactical asset allocation (TAA) within their portfolios.
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“We are getting this behind us,” says Putnam
GLOBAL – A top executive at Putnam Investments has told IPE in an interview that the firm is putting the improper trading scandal quickly behind it.
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Keeping abreast of events
Few pension schemes can have their location in as historic a setting as An Post in Dublin. It is based at the General Post Office building in O’Connell St, where the 1916 Rising started with the reading of the proclamation founding a separate Irish Republic. The building is still the ...
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Pensionskasse Post opts for FTSEurofirst index
SWITZERLAND - Pensionskasse Post, the pension fund of the Swiss Postal service has signed up to use the FTSEurofirst 100 index as a tracked for a pan-Eoropean equity mandate.
