All articles by Gail Moss – Page 42
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NewsBrussels commits to tackling Foundation Statute by next year
EUROPE – The European Commission (EC) has said it will publish a regulation on a European Foundation Statute by the end of 2011.
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Features
Keep it in the family
Gail Moss examines the arguments for and against retaining control of asset management in-house
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NewsNEST tenders for indemnity insurance for trustees
UK – The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is tendering for pension fund trustees indemnity insurance to indemnify trustee members for legal defence costs and damages arising from alleged maladministration by trustee members.
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Friday people roundup
EUROPE – Cyrte Investments, PwC, Riverside Company, Man, Rowanmoor Pensions
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NewsPGGM's Lute joins Cyrte Investments
NETHERLANDS – Fons Lute, formerly managing director of alternative strategies at PGGM, has joined absolute return investment boutique Cyrte Investments, as managing director, business development.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Northern Trust, AonHewitt, Aviva Investors, Saltus Partners, StatPro Group, Threadneedle, Fundsmith
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NewsMandate roundup: FRR, BlackRock, Merseyside, PAAMCO
EUROPE – The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has sacked BlackRock Asset Management, which ran a US small cap equity mandate on the fund’s behalf. The mandate, worth worth €478m as at 1 November 2010, accounts for 1.4% of the FRR’s €35.7bn-worth portfolio.
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Features
Bridging the Atlantic
Gail Moss reports on a transatlantic collaboration project between four pension associations to form a joint response on accounting standards proposals
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FeaturesAlign your interests
Gail Moss assesses how pension fund boards and trustees can make sure their interests are in line with those of their asset managers
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Country ReportSpain: Where to diversify?
Gail Moss charts the asset allocations of Spanish pension entities and notes the increase in interest in risk management
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Risk management is top priority, say global investors
GLOBAL – Solving the risk management challenges they face in the next decade is the top priority for institutional investors, according to a survey by Pyramis Global Advisors, the institutional arm of Fidelity.
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NewsOECD says IAS19 changes should highlight long-term nature of DB plans
GLOBAL – The OECD has called for the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) proposed changes to IAS19 to highlight the long-term nature of DB pension promises when recognising the actuarial losses of pension plans.
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FeaturesPooling – how it works
Gail Moss outlines the essential elements of multinational pension and asset pooling, and how smaller pension funds can get in on the act
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NewsAEGON to extend pooled AM platform in Europe
EUROPE – AEGON Global Pensions is planning to extend its pooled asset management platform to pension fund assets in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Denmark.
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Van Rompuy throws support behind European Foundation Statute
EUROPE – The European foundation statute (EFS) has moved closer to reality after Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, endorsed its creation in a speech at European Foundation Week earlier this month.
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FeaturesLessons from Canada
Gail Moss assesses the challenges Canada is facing in the area of workplace pensions
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NewsUK to cut gilt sales by £20bn; PwC warns on asset management industry
UK – Planned UK gilt sales in 2010-11 are being reduced by £20.2bn (€24.6bn) to £165bn as a consequence of new forecasts for public finances published in the Budget.
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NewsPensions Board laments massive deficits for Irish DB schemes
IRELAND – Three-quarters of Irish defined benefit (DB) schemes were still in deficit at the end of last year, according to The Pensions Board's 2009 Annual Report.
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NewsUK Budget notes 'huge' public-sector pension liabilities
UK – The first Budget of the UK coalition government – expected to unveil the deepest spending cuts for decades – has produced few surprises for the pensions industry.
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Asset managers expecting global surge in M&A activity
GLOBAL – Asset managers are expecting to see a wave of international merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the next 12 months, according to a survey by KNEIP.
