All IPE articles in July 2004 (Online)
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Standard Life unveils manager-of-manager range
UK - Standard Life Investments has launched a range of manager-of-managers pension funds in conjunction with Wilshire Associates.
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Deutsche’s assets under management fall E15bn
EUROPE – Assets under management at Deutsche Bank’s asset management division fell by 15 billion euros, or two percent, in the second-quarter.
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French reserve fund taps State Street for overlay
FRANCE – The 16 billion-euro French pensions reserve fund, the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, has awarded a currency overlay mandate to State Street Global Advisors.
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International pension supervisor group set up
GLOBAL – A new international organisation of private pension supervisors called the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors has been set up.
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European banks urge shift from PAYG
BELGIUM - Governments should urgently take steps to reduce the costs of funding public pensions – with a shift away from pay-as-you-go, the European Banking Federation says.
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PGGM names Kraneveld as special adviser
NETHERLANDS – PGGM, the second largest Dutch pension fund, has named its former chief economist Peter Kraneveld as special adviser for international affairs, with a brief to monitor EU legislation.
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Hewitt reports lower UK retirement consulting
EUROPE – Hewitt Associates, in its third-quarter earnings report, has reported it is seeing lower retirement plan consulting revenue at its UK arm.
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EFRP says committees could “hamper” dialogue
EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision has said that the remit of the EU’s new pension and insurance committees could “hamper” discussion on how finance issues fit with social and labour law.
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Berès to head MEPs’ economic committee
EUROPE - Pervenche Berès, a socialist member of the European Parliament, has been elected chairman of the Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Among the committee’s remit is oversight of the EU’s pensions sector.
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UK's Fujitsu awards E1.9bn TAA brief to BGI
UK – Fujitsu Services has awarded Barclays Global Investors an active global tactical asset allocation mandate for its 1.3 billion-pound (1.9 billion-euro) pension fund.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch fund tenders E100m
NETHERLANDS – A pension fund in the Netherlands has tendered an actively managed emerging markets equity brief worth 100 million euros via IPE-Quest.
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Italy’s lower house passes pensions reform
ITALY – MPs in the Italian parliament’s lower house have backed prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s controversial pensions reform, in a vote of confidence, by 333 for and 148 against.
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Berlusconi facing confidence vote over pensions
ITALY – Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was today facing a vote of confidence over pension reform plans.
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French utilities’ pensions still unsure – report
FRANCE – Despite the recent approval of the French energy law, there are still uncertainties over the pension arrangements of Electricité de France and Gaz de France, Moody’s says.
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Fidelity names Nordic institutional head
NORDIC – Fidelity Investments has hired an associate partner from consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as the head of its Nordic institutional business, a new role.
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JLT eyes employee benefits acquisitions
EUROPE – Consulting firm Jardine Lloyd Thompson says it has looked at possible acquisitions in the employee benefits industry in the UK.
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Mercer’s strength offsets weak Putnam - MMC
GLOBAL – Marsh & McLennan says strength in its Mercer consulting arm and Marsh insurance unit offset weakness at asset management division Putnam in the second quarter.
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KAS Bank wins E484m Norcros custody brief
UK - Dutch custodian KAS Bank has won another global custody mandate in the UK, taking its institutional clients in the UK to 13.
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Brambles awards consulting brief to Aon
UK – The Australian-headquartered Brambles group, which provides support services globally, has chosen Aon Consulting to provide pensions and actuarial consulting services to its UK subsidiaries.
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Singer & Friedlander’s Kunzer joins CSAM
UK – Richard Kunzer has left Singer & Friedlander Investment Management in the UK and re-joined Credit Suisse Asset Management.
