Investor Strategy – Page 140
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Islington tenders UK and global property
[16:30 CEST 15-07] UK – Islington Council is seeking one or more managers to run new active UK and global property mandates with a combined value of £100m (€117m).
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Irish pensions paybill to hit €2bn in 2009
[16:55 CEST 14-09] IRELAND – The net cost of pensions to the Irish Exchequer increased by 56.5% between 2004 and 2009 to reach almost €2bn, figures from the department of finance have revealed.
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Retirement age review may cause DB admin headache
[16:50 CEST 14-09] UK – The potential removal or increase of the default retirement age (DRA) of 65 could cause "administrative wrinkles" for defined benefit (DB) schemes with different normal retirement ages.
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DC members might want lower risk defaults – Hymans
[16:00 CEST 14-09] GLOBAL – Pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson has suggested trustees who are thinking of creating defined contributions scheme defaults containing diversified growth funds should try to avoid the ‘one size fits all’ offering and instead recommend offering members several ‘risk rated’ investment options.
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Crisis highlights importance of risk premium
[15:30 CEST 14-09] NETHERLANDS - The financial crisis has emphasised the need for investors to become more innovative and creative when seeking risk premium, according to Ronald Wuijster, managing director strategic portfolio management at APG Asset Management.
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Barnett Waddingham appointed LPFA actuary
[16:30 CEST 13-07] UK – Barnett Waddingham has replaced Hymans Robertson as the actuarial services provider to the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA).
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NewsIreland may be better off with first pillar
[16:55 CEST 10-07] IRELAND - The collapse in asset values of Irish pension funds has strengthened the arguments for pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financed pensions rather than funded ones, according to a senior finance lecturer at Dublin’s Trinity College.
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NewsUK schemes see outsourcing as key to admin cost cuts
[16:50 CEST 10-07] UK - Cost-cutting is the number one priority for UK pension schemes, according to the Pension Administration Survey 2009 from Hewitt Associates.
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Schemes advised be 'wary' of new mortality models
[17:20 CEST 09-07] UK – Pension schemes have been warned to be ‘wary’ of moving towards longevity projections based on data from the wider UK population rather than occupational scheme data, following the publication of the rationale behind a prototype mortality model.
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NewsDB accrual cuts will impact at snail's pace – Towers Perrin
[16:10 CEST 09-07] UK – Employers who halt defined benefit pensions accrual will see very little cost saving in the short-term, according to analysis conducted by Towers Perrin.
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NewsDNB approves ABP and PFZW recovery plans
[15:45 CEST 09-07] NETHERLAND – The pensions regulator, De Nederlandsche Bank, has approved proposals presented by the ABP and PfZW pension funds for recovery of their plans assets.
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NewsGwynedd limits Fidelity mandate over emerging markets
[17:20 CEST 08-07] UK – Gwynedd Council appointed Fidelity International to manage an active global equity mandate earlier this year, but it is now holding back some of the investment until the firm establishes an emerging market select fund.
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NewsIBM considers closure of UK DB scheme
[16:00 CEST 08-07] UK – IBM, the computer manufacturer, has begun a consultation with its employees which could see the closure of its UK-based defined contribution pension scheme.
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NewsCardiff seeks emerging markets manager
[17:20 CEST 08-07] UK - Cardiff County Council is seeking an emerging markets equity manager to run a specialist portfolio for the Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan Pension fund.
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NewsMerseyside appoints managers to transition panel
[16:55 CEST 07-07] UK – Wirral Borough Council has appointed four transition managers to aid the movement of assets in the Merseyside Pension Fund following strategy changes.
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Torfaen to move into global equities
[16:50 CEST 07-07] UK - Torfaen County Borough Council is searching for one or more managers to run a new global equity portfolio valued at around £100m.
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ABN Amro limited losses through rebalancing
[16:00 CEST 06-07] NETHERLANDS - The €8.8bn pension fund of ABN Amro managed to limit its losses to 1.6% in 2008 thanks to the introduction of ‘dynamic rebalancing policy’.
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Irish investment strategy 'too risky'
[14:15 CEST 06-07] IRELAND – The investment strategy of many Irish pension funds was "too risky" and is why around 90% of schemes failed to meet the funding standard last year, the Pensions Board has claimed, and why some are unable to meet liabilities of existing pensioners if the scheme ...
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NewsEuropean pensions see profound changes - EIAMS 2009
[10:00 CEST 06-07] EUROPE - European institutional investors are changing the way they allocate assets and interact with external service providers, according to the latest European Institutional Asset Management Survey, conducted by IPE.
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Irish managed funds post fourth consecutive gain
[17:05 CEST 02-07] IRELAND – Irish managed pension funds returned an average of 0.5% in June, resulting in an overall positive six months for the sector, Hewitt Associates has revealed.
