Investor Strategy – Page 135
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Q4 predicted to be busy for buyouts
[16:00 CEST 19-10] UK - The final three months of 2009 are expected to be the busiest in over a year for pension insurance buy-ins and buy-outs, according to risk management provider Pension Corporation.
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USS attacks PPF levy focus on investment strategy
[14:30 CEST 19-10] UK – The chief executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has labelled the Pension Protection Fund’s (PPF) proposal to consider the investment strategy of schemes when calculating the levy as “inappropriate”.
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Babcock eyes interest rate hedge after governance work
[14:00 CEST 19-10] UK - Babcock international is thinking of hedging interest rates as part of the investment strategy for its five UK pension schemes, following the establishment of a cross-party trustee committee.
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Pension groups dread pan-European fund
[17:20 CEST 16-10] EUROPE – Creating a pan-European pension fund for mobile researchers would not be in the interest of the members of such a scheme, according to representatives at the conference of the European Association of Public Sector Pension Institutions (EAPSPI) in Berlin.
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BT to focus on DC education of members
[16:20 CEST 16-10] UK - Providing individual employees with the right tools, information and opportunities to take personal responsibility for their retirement savings can be considered a paternalistic approach , according to BT.
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Fiduciary management 'causes blurring' between advice and delegation
[17:05 CEST 16-10] UK – The increasing number of players in the fiduciary management market, particularly from within the consultancy space, is blurring the lines between delegation and advisory services, according to Andrew Waring, chief executive of the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF).
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AP2 calculates carbon footprint of portfolio firms
[13:00 CEST 15-10] SWEDEN – Andra AP-fonden (AP2), the Second Swedish National Pension Fund, is in the process of calculating the "carbon footprint" of its holdings in around 2,700 companies, in an attempt to better understand the impact if companies are forced to pay for carbon emissions.
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UK mandate roundup: Bucks appoints global eq managers
[16:30 CEST 14-10] UK – Buckinghamshire County Council has appointed three new global equity managers for its £1.07bn (€1.14bn) pension fund, completing the search for investment managers announced in July 2008.
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Shell's UK pension to expand alternatives
[16:00 CEST 12-10] UK – The £10.5bn Shell UK pension fund has completed a strategic review of its investment strategy which is likely to see the fund invest another 5% of its assets in alternatives.
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SFE tenders for pension provider but mulls own fund
[17:00 CEST 09-10] NORWAY – Sogn og Fjordane Energi AS (SFE), the Norwegian energy company, is re-tendering for a pension provider for its defined benefit (DB) occupational scheme, but is considering the possibility of joining with other energy companies to establish their own pension investment fund.
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West Midlands finds route into hedge funds after all
[16L45 CEST 09-10] UK – The West Midlands local authority pension fund has extended its alternatives and equities investment strategy and allocated £40m (€44) to a fund of hedge funds.
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Discount rates needs to be realistic - ERAFP
[16:30 CEST 09-10] FRANCE – Officials at the ERAFP pension scheme have raised concerns that pension funds may be pricing their schemes’ asset allocation strategy at too high a discount rate to be achievable and argue this may have contributed to the recent market crisis because the high returns needed ...
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NewsUK 2012 regulations may restrict employer innovation
[17:15 CEST 07-10] UK – Employers want a wider range of pension and savings products that meet the changing priorities and immediate needs of their employees, but the upcoming 2012 regulations may be restricting innovation, according to research from BlackRock.
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NewsFinland's Keva appoints Swiss Altis for manager analysis and monitoring
[15:26 CEST 07-10] FINLAND - Keva, the €22bn local government pension institution in Finland, has appointed Altis Investment Management to assist with external asset manager analysis and monitoring.
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LAs leave 25% of class action settlements unclaimed
[17:05 CEST 05-10] UK – Local authority pension schemes could be losing up to £125m (€136m) by not participating in class actions, a report from the Goal Group has claimed.
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NewsFRR report mulls environment in investment policy
[16:20 CEST 02-10] FRANCE – Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, the €27bn French national pension fund, has published a working document on investment policy which reveals just how complex it is for pension funds to consider whether environmental issues should be factored into investments.
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LPFA considers 'unitised' local government pensions
[12:45 CEST 02-10] UK – The London Pension Fund Authority, which manages €3bn in assets for local authority pension plans, is investigating the possibility of creating ‘unitised’ pension plans for local government schemes which essentially ringfence an employer’s asset allocation strategy but create economies of scale in the asset management.
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UK employers may avoid certifying 'borderline' DC
[16:40 CEST 01-10] UK – Employers operating defined contribution (DC) schemes on the "borderline" of meeting the quality requirements for the 2012 reforms may be less likely to use self-certification because of cost issues, Hymans Robertson has suggested.
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Mercer to take on Babcock-Borsig pensionskasse
[16:10 CEST 01-10] GERMANY - The pensionskasse of insolvent energy industry service provider Babcock-Borsig will in future be administered by Mercer instead of Swiss Life.
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Babcock edges closer to completing longevity deals
[16:10 CEST 01-10] UK – Babcock International has completed a second tranche of longevity swap arrangements with Credit Suisse, but this time relating to the Rosyth Royal Dockyard Pension Scheme.
