All articles by Julie Henderson – Page 6
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NewsBlackRock predicts low inflation to stay in 2010
[16:30 CET 07-01] GLOBAL - Inflation is likely to remain low in 2010 and the US equity market will outperform other developed markets, according to BlackRock’s Bob Doll.
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NewsPension funds embark on Quest to invest
[16:55 CET 06-01] IPE-QUEST – Two consultancy firms are seeking equity and bond managers on behalf of their clients, one of which is confirmed as being a Danish pension fund.
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NewsRomania's mandatory pensions net 17.7%
ROMANIA – Romanian pension plans made the most of gains in the equity markets and bond return potential last year as figures released by the Romanian Pensions Funds’ Association (APAPR) suggest second pillar mandatory schemes returned an average of 17.7% in 2009.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[13:00 CET 06-01] GLOBAL – Hermes, Barclays UK Retirement Fund, Coal Pension Trustee Services, Carmignac Gestion, Standard Life Investments, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Schroders, Mercer, RCM, Carey Olsen.
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NewsAmundi and Towers Watson complete their mergers
[16:55 CET 04-01] GLOBAL – Two giant asset management and consultancy firms were created at the beginning of this year, as Amundi joined the asset management market and Towers Watson formalized its merged consultancy position.
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NewsEquities recover but still deliver ‘worst decade’ performance
[16:45 CET 04-01] GLOBAL – MSCI Barra, the provider of equity market benchmark data, said strong performance of major regional equity indices indicated a recovery in stock markets last year. Yet rival provider S&P Indices said equities also delivered the worst 10-year performance ever recorded during the Noughties.
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NewsFRR fires Dexia for poor performance
FRANCE – Fonds de Reserve pour Retraites (FRR) has dropped Dexia Asset Management as one of its European equity managers on the back of poor investment performance.
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Features
Fiduciary futures
Pension funds outside the Netherlands struggled to understand fiduciary management only two years ago, but now the concept is thriving and evolving independently in different European countries, a report finds.
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Features
UK covenant semantics
Almost 18 months into the financial crisis, UK pension funds are still struggling to ensure employer covenants will protect pension plans should a company go under or be unable to plug the deficit. But lessons have also been learned in that time. This suggests trustees are at least improving their own governance.
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NewsPfZW hopes to secure new pensions contract in 2010
[14:00 CET 22-12] NETHERLANDS – Officials at PfZW, the €81.9bn industry-wide pension fund for Dutch healthcare workers, are hoping by next summer to have completed a three-year bid to secure a new pensions contract for all of its members and partners.
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NewsBelgium's Amonis signs JP Morgan
BELGIUM - Amonis OFP, the largest pension fund for health care workers in Belgium, has employed JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services business to provide custody and investor services.
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NewsPGGM unveils new executive structure
[16:35 CET 16-12] NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the asset manager created out of the PfZW pension fund for Dutch healthcare workers, has reworked its management structure to focus on core activities.
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NewsFRR to offset its own carbon footprint
[16:10 CET 16-12] FRANCE – Officials at the French national pension reserve fund, FRR, are moving to limit the impact of the body’s own greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, by investing in a Latin American ESG project generating green energy.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[14:15 CET 16-12] GLOBAL – T. Rowe Price, Legal & General IM, Icelandic Enterprise Fund, Hermes, Kirstein Finans, Pictet AM, Pioneer Investments, Buchanan Street Partners, Pioneer Investments, Mercer, Watson Wyatt, Vereniging Achmea, CBRE Investors
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NewsUS pension fund files lawsuit over Goldman bonuses
[17:00 CET 15-12] UNITED STATES – A US pension fund has filed a lawsuit against investment banking giant Goldman Sachs which could act as a test case for investors concerning bonus payments and remuneration to staff.
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NewsBNY Mellon extends its skills in outsourcing
[16:35 CET 15-12] GLOBAL – BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the investor services and custody provider, is extending the use of its technology to create a dedicated outsourcing business alongside its growing data delivery and information management.
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NewsHermes brings closer pensions alignment in Sourcecap buy
[15:30 CET 15-12] GLOBAL – Hermes Fund Managers is stepping up its position as an equities manager and at the same time strengthening pension fund links by buying a majority stake in asset management specialist Sourcecap.
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NewsYates to resurface at Pioneer
[15:45 CET 14-12] GLOBAL – Former Henderson Group chief Roger Yates is to take over as the head of Pioneer Investments, following Frigerio’s departure in January.
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NewsTwo down, one to go: FRR signs fresh credit strategies
[13:30 CET 11-12] FRANCE - Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR), the French pension reserve fund, has completed the appointment for its second lot of bond mandates, and now has just one more to go.
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NewsVideo interview: SCA considers early adoption of multi-OPF
[16:30 CET 10-12] NETHERLANDS – Officials at the Dutch pension funds of SCA Paper and Hygiene could be one of the first Dutch groups to create a multi-OPF next year, in a bid to gain improved governance and administration.
