All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 131
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UK Conservative Party promises to keep DB schemes viable
UK - Shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson has called for the end of mandatory indexation along with other reforms to UK defined benefit (DB) schemes, on the day the UK Conservative Party launched its election manifesto.
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Fund managers hope to taste Goldilocks scenario
GLOBAL - Signs of a Goldilocks scenario were promised today for Europe by a monthly survey of fund managers, despite a third of respondents stating they remained underweight the eurozone for the second consecutive month.
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European pension funds continue to shun equities
EUROPE - Pension funds across Europe are continuing to shy away from equity investments despite last year’s recovery of the global equity market.
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NewsUK pensions body proposes rethink on retirement benefits
UK – The UK’s National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) had today called for a radical overhaul of existing UK pensions terms, in a bid to increase pensions coverage but at the same time ease funding pressures on employers.
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French pension contribution period expected to rise
FRANCE - France’s leading pension advisory body is expected to recommend increasing the country’s pension contribution period in an effort to tackle its increasing pension deficit.
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ICGN sets out guidelines for non-executive directors
GLOBAL - A global pressure group has called for non-executive directors to be denied access to retirement benefits usually granted to members of the board.
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Three in 10 fund managers see European equities as undervalued
GLOBAL - European equity markets are currently seen as "cheap", according to a new survey polling over 200 investors globally.
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NewsPension funds withdrew private equity commitments in 2009
EUROPE - Pension fund commitments to private equity funds were last year almost wiped out in the wake of the financial crisis, according to analysis of investment and performance data.
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Underfunding prompts Mercer to question the future of Irish pensions
IRELAND – A pensions expert has called on firms to consider whether the costs and risks of DB schemes are still affordable, as a study has found 80% Irish defined benefit (DB) pension plans are underfunded, and 15% are likely to wind-up because of funding difficulties.
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Franklin Templeton to manage listed Romanian compensation fund
ROMANIA - Franklin Templeton has been appointed as the investment manager for a €2.4bn property compensation fund, set up by the Romanian government, to compensate people who lost their homes during former Communist rule.
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Solvency II to spark search for asset management alternatives
FRANCE - Asset managers will have to offer alternatives to equities if they are to guarantee the best possible return for their investors under the likely constraints of Solvency II, the author of a recent survey of French institutional investors claims.
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Telecom firms reject proposal to plug BT pension deficit
UK - Several UK telecoms companies have attacked proposals which could see them forced to help BT plug a £9bn (€9.92bn) deficit in the defined benefit BT Pension Scheme (BTPS).
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NewsExperts disagree on steps needed on French retirement
[16:25 CET 26-02] FRANCE - Increasing the retirement age in France would be the "obvious" step to take in reforming the country’s pension system, a French academic has declared.
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Towers Watson picks Cresswell as German investment head
GERMANY - Nigel Cresswell, previously head of the pensions advisory team at Lehman Brothers, has been named as head of Towers Watson’s German investment consultancy department.
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Pension funds to raise equity exposure in 2010
EUROPE - Investors are regaining their trust in equities and many pension funds plan to increase their holding in listed stocks over the course of the year, a study supported by IPE has revealed.
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Fund managers waver over 2010 growth
[16:50 CET 16-02] GLOBAL - Fund managers are expecting only modest economic growth this year according to two new surveys published today, one of which suggests there has been a fresh loss of confidence in the European investment market.
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Research touts growth of investment only DC providers
[16:30 CET 14-01] UK - The UK pensions market could soon see a new form of defined contribution (DC) investment provider grow in popularity, according to a London-based marketing intelligence firm.
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Mandate roundup: Kensington & Chelsea, Norges Bank, Tower Hamlets, LAPFF
[16:00 CET 14-01] EUROPE - The Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea this week confirmed it has found a new passive investment manager, with fellow London Borough Tower Hamlets is searching for an absolute returns manager, hot on the heels of its search for a multi-asset passive investment manager.
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UK pension funds demand more long-dated bond issuance
[16:30 CET 27-11] UK - Four-fifths of UK pension funds want to see the government issue more long-dated and index-linked gilts as a way of guaranteeing returns. This follows a year where the number of defined benefit (DB) schemes remaining open to new members fell to an all-time low.
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Half of fund managers predict strong growth in 2010
[117:30 CET 19-11] GLOBAL - More than 50% of fund managers expect to witness double-digit profit growth over the next year, according to a new Bank of America-Merrill Lynch survey.
