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Liverpool pushes again for Merseyside ethical policy
[14:40 CEST 10-07] UK – Members of Liverpool City Council have voted unanimously to pressure Merseyside Pension Fund to ballot participants on an ethical investment policy.
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NPRF under pressure over Zimbabwe investments
[16:00 CEST 09-07] IRELAND – The Irish National Pension Reserve Fund has come under pressure to conduct a full ethical review of its investment strategy following the discovery that it invests more than €575m in companies operating in Zimbabwe.
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TLPs could be 'foundation' for wider mortality market
[16:55 CEST 08-07] UK – Traded Life Policies (TLPs) could become a successful new asset class and provide a "firm foundation" for the development of the wider life market in trading mortality and longevity-indexed securities and derivatives, according to research from the Pensions Institute at CASS Business School.
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Credit crunch pushes pension flight from equities
[12:15 CEST 08-07] UK – Nearly half of pension scheme managers have shifted their investments from equities to bonds during the past 12 months, according to research released by Aon Consulting.
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Fundamental indexing still disliked – IPE survey
[16:35 CEST 07-07] EUROPE – Fundamental indexing strategies still remain unpopular as the vast majority of small and medium-sized European institutional investors indicate they are not even considering the instrument, according to the first IPE/Invesco survey.
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Hammersmith & Fulham award 'dynamic' mandates
[11:00 CEST 02-07] UK – The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has appointed two managers to run specialist dynamic asset allocation portfolios for its pension fund.
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Berkshire diversifies away from equities
[16:00 CEST 01-07] UK – The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund is implementing a new risk management and diversification investment strategy, which involves moving away from its current target allocation of 70% equities.
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Sainsbury trustees refute buyout shopping rumour
[15:00 CEST 01-07] UK – Trustees of the Sainsbury pension fund have denied they is seeking an immediate pensions buyout in light of fresh Qatari interest in the company, but have said they may will look again at all of the options.
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AP6 takes joint ownership of Admeta
[13:00 CEST 01-07] SWEDEN - Sjätte AP-fonden (AP6), the Swedish pension buffer fund, has become a joint owner of the internet marketing company Admeta.
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Dutch union fund eyes PFZW merger
[11:15 CEST 01-07] NETHERLANDS – The €400m pension fund of the Dutch trade union federation FNV wants to join the €88bn Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), previously known as the PGGM pension fund.
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Berkshire to increase alternatives exposure
[16:30 CEST 30-06] UK – The £1.49bn (€1.88bn) Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed its intention to move into emerging market debt and infrastructure with the issue of two new manager tenders.
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ABP becomes Fortis’ second-largest shareholder
[15:15 CEST 30-06] NETHERLANDS – The €218bn giant Dutch pension fund ABP has confirmed it is now the largest shareholder of Fortis, after Chinese insurer Ping An.
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Pictet claims growth towards packaged funds
[15:00 CEST 30-06] EUROPE – Institutional investors are increasingly looking at ready-made fund solutions for their investments rather than go through the process or tendering mandates, Swiss private bank Pictet has claimed.
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Three in 10 Italian workers have private pensions
[14:45 CEST 30-06] ITALY – Less than 30% of Italian private sector workers are now signed up as members of private pension schemes but the number has at least climbed to 3.5 million people, data from Italian pension sector regulator Covip reveals.
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PGGM cuts alternative beta target
[14:00 CEST 27-06] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the asset manager in charge of the €88bn assets of the Dutch health care pension fund PFZW, is likely to halve its 8% target allocation to alternative beta.
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Norwegian local authority to build new scheme
[15:00 CEST 26-06] NORWAY – The Norwegian municipality of Ski has issued a tender for the provision of services to set up a new occupational pension scheme.
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Dutch funds see equities fall €32bn
[16:30 CEST 25-06] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds saw the value of their equity portfolios drop by another 6% in the first quarter of 2008 because of continued unrest on the financial markets, the Dutch central bank DNB said today.
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NewsNorway consults on ethical pension guidelines
[17:05 CEST 23-06] NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has issued a public consultation on the evaluation of ethical guidelines for the Government Pension Fund – Global, which highlights potential changes such as introducing a 'cut-off' point for active ownership discussions.
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Unions call for full buyout review
[15:50 CEST 20-06] UK – A full review of the pension buyout market is needed to avoid putting pension schemes at risk from asset-stripping business models that seek to avoid regulation, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned.
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Euro-equities hit popularity low with institutions
[16:35 CEST 19-06] GLOBAL – Stagflation fears are driving institutional investors out of equities and bonds into cash, as fund mangers globally have their most negative stance towards equities in a decade, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch.
