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Wednesday people roundup

2009-11-18T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 18-11] GLOBAL - European Federation for Retirement Provision, Hermes Fund Managers, Aon Limited, State Street Trustees, AEGON, AP Fonds, Her Majesty’s Treasury, Investment Solutions, ING Real Estate.
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Tories to push for ethical fund in personal accounts

2009-10-29T11:00:00Z

[12:00 CEST 29-10] UK - Shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson has called for the creation of an ethical fund as part of the proposed personal accounts pension system.
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Norway-Global to plough €400m into carbon capture

2009-10-28T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 28-10] NORWAY - The Norway Government Pension Fund – Global is planning to invest over €400m in carbon capture and storage as part of its commitment to ethical and environmental investments.
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Watson Wyatt German CEO resigns after less than six months

2009-10-27T12:00:00Z

[13:00 CEST 27-10] GERMANY - Watson Wyatt Heissmann’s new CEO, Rainer Schmidt, is to leave the company by the end of the year, having only assumed the position in May.
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Global pensions rebound after 2008 losses

2009-10-26T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CET 26-10] GLOBAL - Last year’s financial downturn caused losses of over $5trn (€3.5trn) to pension funds worldwide, new figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show today.
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CAAM and SocGen AM to become Amundi

2009-10-23T15:00:00Z

[16:00 CEST 23-10] FRANCE - Crédit Agricole and Société Générale today announced Amundi as the name for their soon to be merged asset management arms.
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Finland's VER and Keva report positive Q3 returns

2009-10-23T14:30:00Z

[15:30 CEST 23-10] FINLAND - Finnish pension funds are continuing their recovery from the market downturn, with the Local Government Pensions Institution (Keva) and Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the State Pension Fund, both announcing double-digit returns for the nine months to September 2009.
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One in three fund managers predict double-digit growth

2009-10-14T15:20:00Z

[16:20 CEST 14-10] GLOBAL - Profit growth expectations are at to a five-year high as fears among fund managers of a double dip recession are beginning to wane, according to the latest Bank of America-Merrill Lynch survey.