All articles by IPE Staff – Page 90
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Pension perceptions programme puts pension funds in control
Following the successful completion of an initial development stage in 2012-13, IPE has now announced the full European roll-out of the Pension Fund Perception
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Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner for the internal market, seems determined to end his period in office with a blizzard of activity ahead of this month’s European Par- liament elections. The (much watered down) draft directive for IORP II and a paper on long-term financing of the European economy were closely followed by a draft directive revising shareholder rights legislation, complete with a controversial proposal for a mandatory say-on-pay vote at EU listed companies.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
ING, Kyrkans Pensionskassa, Aon Hewitt, BNP Paribas, Schroders, Tikehau, 2020 Trustees
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Mandate roundup: Co-op Pensioenfonds, Syntrus Achmea, SP VNU, Aon Hewitt, Buck Global Investment Advisors
Co-op Pensioenfonds outsources admin, board support and communications to Syntrus Achmea
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German pension fund BVK launches global REIT fund
Bavarian occupational scheme hires two managers with diversification in mind
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Towers Watson Germany hires Deutsche Bank veteran as head of consulting
Schmidt-Narischkin departs Deutsche after more than two decades, with time spent in banking and asset management
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LGIM, Principles for Responsible Investment, ATP, ABP, ING IM, Newton, Liquidnet
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NewsWednesday people roundup
State Street Global Advisors, Babson Capital, BlackRock, Hymans Robertson, AMP Capital, LCP, Affiliated Managers Group
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NewsThursday people roundup
Greater Manchester, Ancala Partners, Neuberger Berman, BNP Paribas, Pioneer, Allfunds
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NewsInvestor seeks manager for $500m infrastructure debt mandate, using IPE-Quest
Mandate to invest in debt of OECD nations, with cap on total exposure to Australia
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IOPS finds pension charges falling in Central Europe
DC plans in Croatia and Macedonia show best improvements on 40 year-modelling
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Mandate roundup: ERAFP, APUC, Mercer
French public sector fund searches for managers for new €400m corproate debt mandate
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NewsFriday people roundup
Finnish Pension Fund Association, Ardian, LCP, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Jupiter, ING
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UK roundup: Western United, Rothesay Life, Just Retirement, NEST, Allianz GI
Western United Group Pension Scheme completes £111m second tranche buy-in insurance transaction with Rothesay Life
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IPE, Het Financieele Dagblad finalise Dutch joint venture
FD-IPNederland to combine strengths of FD, IPE’s Dutch-language publication IPNederland
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FRR ends 10-month manager search with nine appointments
French public sector fund makes appointments for active equities split into two strategies
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Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Pension Protection Fund
Danish pension fund tenders €100m GEM debt mandate using IPE-Quest
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UK roundup: ITV Pension Scheme, TPR, JLT deficit update
ITV Pension Scheme secures asset-backed partnership, sees deficit drop by £50m
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Back to basics
The Herculean task of harmonising the funding rules for Europe’s defined benefit pension schemes has been officially decoupled from the planned IORP II Directive, to the relief of all those who would have to deal with the complex analytical framework needed to coordinate the rules. That framework would almost certainly have led to lower risk tolerance and a mass exodus from risk assets on the part of European pension funds.
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NAPF bemoans IORP II lobbying after cross-border funding fiasco
Francesco Briganti defends Commission’s stance, says it had no choice to reverse plans
