All articles by Fennell Betson – Page 2
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FSA authorisation for new corporate pensions adviser
UK – Pensions risk management and recovery advisory company, Pension Capital Strategies(PCS) has received authorisation to carry out pensions and corporate advisory from the Financial Services Authority.
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Dutch pensions get pre-election respite
NETHERLANDS – Dutch politicians appear to be giving the pensions industry the respite from imposing further legislation that it had asked for said Benne van Popta, chairman of the industry-wide pension association VB.
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Belgium stealing a march
With a brand new pensions law Belgium believes it has arrived at the pan European pension fund solution. Philip Neyt talks to Fennell Betson
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Deminor to launch activist fund this year
BELGIUM – Shareholder rights and corporate governance advisory company Deminor is to launch an ‘activist fund’ later this year.
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Belgium legislates for pan-European funds
BELGIUM - The Belgian government has passed legislation enabling pan-European pension funds to operate in and from the country.
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UK investors manage over €4.3tn
UK – Investment managers in the UK now manage over £3trillion(E4.3trn) in assets, according to the Investment Management Association(IMA).
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European schemes ditch passive equity - GSAM
EUROPE – Pension funds in Europe are increasingly jettisoning passively managed equity portfolios for enhanced indexed strategies, says Melissa Brown, managing director of quantitative strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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UK opposition wary of state-run NPSS
UK – The Pensions Commission’s proposals for a state-run second-tier pension fund for those not covered by work-place schemes have been dismissed by the opposition Conservative Party.
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Institutional money market funds set for $1trn
UK – The assets managed in institutional money market funds could reach $1trn (€827bn) in five years’ time, says Institutional Money Market Funds Association chairman Donald Aiken.
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Barriers set to fall German hedge funds
GERMANY - Further barriers to hedge fund investing could be removed later this year in the coming reform to the German Investment Act, according to a law firm.
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Lupus alpha “talent hotel” almost full
GERMANY – German boutique asset manager Lupus alpha’s “talent hotel” for new managers could soon be full, says Ulf Becker, partner in the firm’s alternative solutions department.
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Institutions driving hedge fund industry – UBS
GERMANY - Institutional investors are now the “driving force” of the hedge fund industry, Jay Raffaldini of UBS told the SuperHedge conference in Frankfurt this week.
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Germany’s BVK to allocate €1bn to hedge funds
GERMANY – Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest pension fund with €38bn in assets, plans to raise allocations to hedge funds to €1bn by the end of 2006 - from €150m currently.
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Credit Agricole reports record new inflows (corrected)
FRANCE – Credit Agricole saw record new business inflows of more than €55bn, resulting in a 38% increase in assets under management to €563bn, excluding double counting, according to group results for 2005 (corrected).
