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ISIS Asset Management discloses voting record
UK - ISIS Asset Management has brought out into the open its shareholder voting policy on behalf of its clients.
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Asset managers “need louder voice at Brussels”
EUROPE – The outgoing head of the UK’s asset management trade association says there is a lack of understanding of the industry at the European policy level.
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Cross-border property investing on the rise
GERMANY - Cross-border investing in property by institutions is becoming more popular and investors should be looking at forming a regional rather than a domestic strategy – that’s the message from the IPD property conference in Wiesbaden.
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Mercer: managers open to liability benchmarking
UK - Mercer has found that UK investment managers are open to the idea of using liability benchmarking – though it says there has to be more dialogue between trustees, consultants and managers to make them workable.
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German pension accounting under review
GERMANY – A new accounting standard is set to have a major impact on the German pension system, says consultancy firm Hoefer.
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Minister says Germans need occupational schemes
GERMANY - Germans should not only be investing in their pensions through Riester-Rente but also through occupational pension schemes - says German labour minister Ulla Schmidt.
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Merrill Lynch Investment Managers settles pension case
UK – Merrill Lynch Investment Managers has settled a legal dispute with the 2.1 billion pound (2.9 billion euro) pension scheme of the Co-operative Group.
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New European property investment body to launch
EUROPE – A new pan-European body for investors in non-listed real estate is to launch next week which hopes to tackle the issues arising in the growing market.
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DeAM hires Hindle Fisher from UBS
UK - Deutsche Asset Management, the second largest manager of European pension assets, has hired the former UK head of UBS Asset Management.
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Watson Wyatt sees international boost
US – Watson Wyatt & Co. says it expects revenues from its international operations to rise by around 10% in 2003.
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UK’s Greenwich Council awards five mandates
UK – Greenwich Council’s 450 million pound pension fund has dished out five new mandates following a change of strategy, and a loss for Schroders Investment Management.
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Northern Trust hires Martin Currie’s Sagraves
UK – Northern Trust Global Investments has hired Barry Sagraves from Martin Currie to head its European investment business.
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KAS wins Gerling UK custody business
UK – Credit finance provider Gerling NCM’s UK Pension Scheme has appointed KAS Bank as custodian following a move out of pooled funds into segregated funds.
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SWIP hires ex-RSA global funds head
UK - Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has hired former Royal & Sun Alliance global funds head Tim Scholefield as head of international research and global sectors.
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European boost for Aon consulting revenue
EUROPE – Aon says its consulting revenue in the first quarter was boosted by good growth in Europe and the UK.
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Mercer says ALM is a tool, not a solution
GLOBAL – The head of Mercer Investment Consulting’s global practice says it is important to remember that asset/liability modelling is a tool for decision makers – not a process which produces the answer.
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UK-US treaty “significant” for pension funds
UK – A new treaty between the UK and US on double taxation has been hailed as a “significant development” for pension funds by HSBC’s actuarial arm.
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Deutsche says DeAM restructuring is now over
GERMANY – Deutsche Bank says the restructuring of its asset management business is now over.
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Stoxx slams new FTSE
SWITZERLAND – The head of index provider Dow Jones Stoxx says the new FTSE-Euronext pan-European index series is a “copy” of the DJ Stoxx 50 – and that many institutions won’t shift index providers in the current market.
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Irish reserve fund to move into new asset classes
IRELAND - The commissioners responsible for the investment strategy of Ireland’s eight billion euro National Reserve Pension Fund have decided about exposure to additional asset classes apart from equities and bonds.
