Investor Strategy – Page 174
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More schemes to join Unilever’s FCP fund
[16:58 CEST 20-06] GLOBAL – Anglo-Dutch household goods giant Unilever says more of its global pension funds will join its FCP fund, including its first defined contribution (DC) plan at the end of June.
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Straatman warns of volatility risk
[16:59 CEST 15-06] EUROPE - Pension funds should now be looking to decrease their investment risk rather than introduce more because volatility risk is likely to rise, according to a former Dutch pension fund executive.
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Spain confirms 10% in equities proposal
[16:42 CEST 13-06] SPAIN - Spain’s pensions reserve fund is set to put around 10% of its assets into equities, according to Economics Minister Pedro Solbes, though the final conditions for its proposed asset switch will only be agreed in a few months’ time.
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AP7 to seek new tenders as Carnegie wins equity deal
[13:17 CEST 12-06] SWEDEN - AP7, the Swedish national fund for the PPM first pillar pension system, has appointed Stockholm-based Carnegie for a second pure alpha equity overlay mandate and will soon seek additional managers in the Asian and passive sectors.
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Mercer calls for earlier selection input
[16:57 CEST 08/06] EUROPE - Pension funds seeking real estate fund managers need to get involved in selection process discussions at an earlier stage because the bespoke nature of mandates is becoming more complicated, according to consultants Mercer.
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“We don’t believe in LDI” – Munsters
[16:55 CEST 08/06] NETHERLANDS – The €212bn Dutch pension fund ABP says it does not believe Liability Driven Investments should be included in its new strategic investment plan.
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Small schemes' trustees in conflict of interest
[13:17 CEST 07/06] UK – Small pension funds’ trustees boards will encounter conflicts of interest with their corporate sponsor, according to David Blackwood, group treasurer at paints producer ICI.
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Co-operative fund on diversification streak
[16:28 CEST 05/06] UK - The new £5.5bn career average Co-operative Group Pension Scheme is adjusting its equity/bond split in favour of diversification into currency, commodities and infrastructure.
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‘Disappointing’ plans threaten private equity law
[17:02 CEST 29/05] GERMANY – The German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) has called a paper outlining the German ministry of Finance’s (BMF) stance on Germany’s new private equity law “a total disappointment”.
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DAX blue-chip sets up Pensionsfonds
[13:07 CEST 29/05] GERMANY – Energy giant RWE has set up a Pensionsfonds within its contractual trust agreement (CTA).
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Two-thirds prepared to take lower salary - NAPF
[11:00 CEST 29/05] UK - Three-quarters of staff think having a workplace pension is important and two-thirds of employees would take a lower paid job to get one, suggests research.
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ABP to triple its voting at AGMs
[16:58 CEST 25/05] NETHERLANDS - The giant civil service scheme ABP will drastically increase its voting at shareholders meetings, as a further improvement of its corporate governance policy, officials have announced.
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F&C catches the fiduciary wave
[15:49 CEST 24/05] NETHERLANDS – F&C Asset Management is planning to enter the popular Dutch fiduciary market later this year, having lost several Dutch pension fund mandates, IPE has learned.
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United Norwest seeks multi-asset returns via Barings
[12:56 CEST 23/05] UK- The United Norwest Co-operatives Employees’ Pension Fund has handed Baring Asset Management a mandate to manage £23m through its Extended Risk Fund.
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Older people are choosing to work – HSBC
[16:28 CEST 22/05] GLOBAL – More older people are choosing to work beyond the age of 60 because they continue to feel healthy and want to feel they have some value for society beyond retirement age, according to a global study conducted for HSBC.
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NBIM appoints real estate manager
[16:27 CEST 22/05] NORWAY – Paul Golding is joining Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to prepare what appears to be the bank's first foray into international real estate to invest assets of the NOK1.88trn (€230bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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Flemish Brecht to create pension fund
[13:00 CEST 22/05] BELGIUM – The Flemish municipality Brecht wants to set up a new pension fund, for which it has tendered a €2.6m (£1.8m) mandate.
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Institutional push for 130/30 returns
[16:55 CEST 21/05] EUROPE – Institutional managers and investors are jumping further into 130/30 strategies to gain higher investment returns, according to Dutch Blue Sky Group, the manager of the KLM pension fund assets.
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Passive mandates set to grow - Universal
[16:53 CEST 21/05] GERMANY – As pension funds find some active managers are not really outperforming the benchmark they will move to passive mandates, says Bernd Vorbeck, speaker of the board at Universal Investment.
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Aegon and UBS form UK buy-out team
[16:53 CEST 21/05] UK – Swiss banking major UBS is the latest investment bank to weigh into the lucrative bulk annuity market in a new buy-out joint venture with Dutch insurer Aegon.
