All articles by IPE staff – Page 54
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Belgium braced for strikes over early retirement
BELGIUM - Belgian authorities are bracing themselves for protests and potential industrial action by trade unions today (March 30) over the country’s new second pillar pensions legislation....
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Overseas fund liabilities may double under FRS17
UK/EUROPE - The gap between local accounting estimates of pensions liabilities and those that will face UK companies under FRS17 accounting standards for pension plans in different countries, has been highlighted by international consultants William M. Mercer....
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ASINTA extends global consultancy network
Global consulting network, ASINTA has appointed two new business partners, Gissings for the UK and Clearpoint for the US....
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Petercam launches European property index
BELGIUM - Brussels based asset management group, Petercam, has created a new European property index - the Petercam European Property Shares index (PEPS)....
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Myners urges challenge to EC funding proposal
UK/EUROPE – The Myners report on the £800bn UK pension market has urged the UK government to challenge the funding proposal in the EC directive on occupational pensions, saying it risks repeating many of the shortcomings of the UK’s MFR system...
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Property is UK's best performer over three years
UK - Property is now the best performing UK asset class over both one year and three years following the slump in equity markets in 2000, according to property specialist Investment Property Databank’s (IPD) annual figures...
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Russia moves to reform state plan
RUSSIA - Discussions about accelerated pensions reform are underway in the Russian Federation, with a target date for finalised proposals of the end of this month
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UK website for real estate investors
LONDON - A specialist property investment website, UK Property Investment Pages ( UKPiP.com) has been launched by a co-operative of 15 of the UK’s property surveyors
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New fund invests in Balkan opportunities
UK - London-based Ashmore Investment Management has announced the closure of its new Balkan Regeneration fund with an initial subscription of $20m (e 21.5m) from institutional investors.
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Use of third party funds booming in Europe
LONDON - The European third party fund market is booming at an explosive rate, according to the London-based research firm Sector Analysis.
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Mellon firm to take on non-US world
Mellon Financial Corporation has established a new asset management subsidiary to take care of its non-US business.
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Standard Life stresses importance of UK budget
UK- Asset manager Standard Life Investments has warned investors to pay particular attention to Chancellor Gordon Brown’s March 7th budget given its proximity to the general election.
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Mellon appoints head of pan-European retail sales
Mellon Global Investments (MGI), the distributor for Mellon’s asset management subsidiaries in markets outside the US, has appointed Simon Wombwell as head of pan-European retail sales to spearhead its expansion into Europe.
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Skandia re-elects CEO and appoints three directors
Skandia has appointed three new directors to its board- Günter Rexrodt, Oonagh McDonald and Clas Reuterskiöld. Skandia’s nominating committee has also re-elected the chief executive Lars-Eric Petersson.
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Euroclear Group's turnover climbs by 15%
Euroclear group's turnover increased in 15% during 2000, according to figures released by the organisation today. These annual results confirm the group's position as the world's largest settlement system for domestically and internationally traded bonds and equities.
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Robeco expects CalPERS mandate to exceed $300m
Netherlands: Dutch asset manager Robeco says it expects its recent CalPERS enhanced EAFE index mandate to exceed $300m. Robeco was one of fourteen managers recently appointed by the California public employees scheme from a shortlist of twenty-two.
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FTSE to launch eight SRI indices
Index provider FTSE is launching a family of socially responsible investment indices this summer in conjunction with EIRIS, the ethical investment research service.
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IAIM assets under management reach Ir£48.2bn
Pensions assets managed by the13 members of the Irish Association of Investment Managers, rose by just 1.1% in 2000 to Ir£48.22bn. This includes not just assets in segregated accounts but those held in insurance policies and unit trusts.
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MSCI launches real time indices
MSCI has announced the launch of MSCI Real Time Indices, a set of over 750 equity indices, calculated every 60 seconds. The new product will allow investors to view the state of the global equity market in real time, 23 hours a day.
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TEPs attractive to small institutional portfolios
According to its promoters, a new fund investing in traded endowment policies (TEP's) could bring attractive benefits for small size institutional portfolios looking for low risk with capital growth.
