All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 12
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NewsAdvisers to support trustees in search for fiduciary manager
[17:00 CEST 27-08] UK – Four firms which assist pension trustees in the procurement of asset management and consultancy services are expanding their duties to assist trustee boards in their search for fiduciary managers.
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NewsUSS prepares to build FoHFs
[17:10 CEST 26-08] UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s second-largest defined benefit pension plan, has started work on the creation of an in-house fund of hedge funds.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[13:30 CEST 26-08] GLOBAL – Barclays UK Pension Fund, Newcape Capital Group, Northern Trust. Aviva Investors, Newton Investment Management, LVAM, Mercer, LaSalle IM, SEB, WL Ross & Co
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NewsConsultant calls for longer Belgian recovery time
BELGIUM – A Belgian pensions consultant has warned local pension plans need more time to meet funding recovery plans, as the industry-standard short time frames are placing undue pressure on executives and company sponsors to meet full funding targets.
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Dutch pension fund begins quest for bonds
[16:40 CEST 24-08] IPE-QUEST – A Netherlands-based corporate pension fund is looking to hire a suitable eurozone corporate bond manager to look after a €35m ($50m) investment, and is conducting the search using IPE-Quest.
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FRR enjoys recovery ahead of allocation shift
[16:30 CEST 24-08] FRANCE – Fonds de Reserves pour les Retraites (FRR), the French national pension fund, managed to claw back some of the losses it suffered on investments last year, ahead of changes to its strategic asset allocation.
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Pricing pressures fail to halt interest in full buyouts
[16:55 CEST 21-08] UK – Pensions consultancy Lane, Clark & Peacock has seen an increase in the number of quotation requests for full pensions buyouts, despite warnings on the horizon of possible bulk annuity price increases.
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Optimism improves but Europe holds back
[15:45 CEST 21-08] GLOBAL – Fund manager optimism towards the global economies and investment markets has substantially improved to match recent market activity. But European fund managers are still reticent about moving assets back into equities, suggests Merrill Lynch’s latest survey of fund managers.
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IASB speeds up IAS19 discount rate review (updated)
[16:15 CEST 20-08] GLOBAL - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has confirmed it wants to amend the source of the discount rate used for measuring post-retirement benefits, and has issued a shorter than usual timeframe on the consultation in the hope of signing off the change by the end ...
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Wednesday people roundup
[14:00 CEST 19-08] GLOBAL - Pension Capital Strategies, Hymans Robertson, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Finansinspektionen, Hermes, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Brookfield, Fortis, Standard Life, NIBC, Cheyne Capital
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Capita collects new admin contract
[16:55 CEST 18-08] UK – The South Wales Police force has appointed Capita Hartshead to take care of the pensions administration for 6,200 members of the Heddlu de Cymru Pension Scheme.
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CERN pension fund sees personnel changes
[16:00 CEST 18-08] SWITZERLAND – The pension fund for the Council of European Nuclear Research (CERN) workers is finalising changes to its trustee management and staffing arrangements, as Richard Balfe is now a director of the fund, and a new manager is joining to head up the plan team.
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DC pensions eyed as recruitment tool – Watson Wyatt
[15:30 CEST 18-08] UK – Many employers reviewing their existing defined benefit pension arrangements are looking to provide defined contribution plans which make their retirement benefits competitive with rivals, according to consulting firm Watson Wyatt.
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Improved equity returns lower pension deficits
[16:55 CEST 11-08] UK – Positive activity in the equity markets lowered the UK’s total pensions deficit last month, however the aggregate funding level of UK pension funds is still at a deficit of £158bn (€184bn).
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Raising retirement to 70 may be necessary – consultants
[16:00 CEST 11-08] UK – Workers may eventually have to consider working until the age of 70 unless they put sufficient money into their pensions, according to consultants. However new research suggests employees are not even aware of the pending change to the UK retirement age so doubts have been ...
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German corporate investigates covered paper
[17:00 CEST 10-08] IPE QUEST – A German corporate pension fund is looking to invest $50m (€35m) in euro-denominated covered bonds, and is conducting the search through IPE-Quest.
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SSGA sees Schock exit
[16:50 CEST 10-08] BELGIUM – Jean-Francois Schock has left his role as managing director for Europe at State Street Global Advisers and opened a consultancy practice in Brussels to work on the development of new investment products.
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Romania sees fresh growth in 2009
ROMANIA – Second pillar funds in the Romanian pensions market performed a fraction better in the first seven months of this year than third pillar funds, according to the latest figures from the Romanian Pension Funds’ Association (APAPR).
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BT assets covered 57% of benefits in 2008
[16:10 CEST 10-08] UK – BT Pension Scheme, the £31.3bn pension fund of the telecoms giant, would have had enough assets to cover 57% of members’ benefits with an insurance company by the end of 2008 had its sponsor collapsed, the latest annual report has revealed.
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SocGen asset head resigns on insider trading probe
[16:00 CEST 07-08] FRANCE – Jean-Pierre Mustier, the current head of asset management and investment banking at Société Générale, has agreed to step down from his role by the end of the year after the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) named him in an insider trading probe.
