IPE's France Coverage – Page 20
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New York Life Investments acquires Dexia AM for €380m
Acquisition brings US company’s assets under management to more than $480bn
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Temporary CEO at France's UMR to stay on until 2014
Christian Oyarbide took reins for Charles Vaquier in March
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FinEx Capital makes bid to acquire 100% of Dexia AM
Protracted talks with Hong Kong-based private equity firm GCS broke down in July.
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FRR, ERAFP make commitments to new debt fund for SME projects
FRANCE – So far, 17 French insurance companies have expressed interest in fund.
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France: Paving the way for responsible investment
The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites has undergone a radical strategy reshape following the 2010 pension reform and volatile equity markets in 2011. And 2013 will be action-packed, writes Cécile Sourbes
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France: Agirc-Arrco reserves will be saved
Patrick Poizat, board member of GIE Agirc-Arrco and of Agirc federation, tells Alain Lémoine of his optimism about the future of the fund following reforms in March
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France: Déjà vu for Agirc-Arrco
The March 2013 agreement on Agirc-Arrco retirement reform is a relief for asset managers, and could staunch years of withdrawals by 2014, says Alain Lémoine
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France: Adapting to difficult times
Flexibility to move in and out of assets is important for investors navigating choppy economic waters. Gail Moss reports
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France: The search for yield
Richard Bruyère presents the results of Image & Finance’s 12th annual research covering the institutional market
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And yet another pension reform
‘Never postpone what you can do now’ is probably one of the most common-sense rules the French endeavour to follow.
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NewsReturn of 10.5% at France's FRR offsets poor results of 2011
FRANCE – Assets under management at Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites climb to €36.6bn.
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NewsCOR sounds alarm over first-pillar pension funding in France
FRANCE – Country will need 1% of GDP to sustain public system without further reform, organisation says.
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France: Pensions on the move
With no domestic IORP-compatible regime and with Solvency II looming, two of France’s supplementary pension providers are looking to move their domicile. Cécile Sourbes assesses the pros and cons of their plans
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France: Hope beyond the figures
Alain Lemoine assesses some important implications for pensions and institutional investment in an election campaign notable otherwise for its silence on retirement issues
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France: On track for change
“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed,” the French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry once wrote. This maxim might describe the team’s mindset at the French €5.9bn public pension fund IRCANTEC, as it approaches this spring a pivotal moment in its investment lifetime. After 63 years of existence, ...
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France: Paradigm shift
Richard Bruyère comments on a difficult year for the French institutional market
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France: Life after downgrade
Gail Moss tests the institutional investment waters after January’s S&P downgrade and ahead of Solvency II
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France: The impact of a shorter horizon
Alain Lemoine makes a gloomy assessment of the wider impact on French pensions reform and funding of the decision to drawdown on FRR
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France: Internalising investment
France’s Fonds stratégique d’investissement plans to increase its regional diversification in 2011 and establish a capital investment fund in Alsace. Stuart Todd assesses these and other goals
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France: Continental drift
Richard Bruyère presents the results of the tenth annual I&F survey of the institutional marketplace in France
