All IPE articles in July 2004 (Online) – Page 2
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UK: independent trustees get code of guidance
UK – The Independent Pension Trustee Group has launched a voluntary code of guidance for professional trustees – saying the code meets a need.
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New VB code could hit fund performance - Hewitt
NETHERLANDS – The VB’s new pension fund governance code could hit the overall performance of pension funds, Hewitt Associates says.
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Lehman names European transition head
EUROPE – Lehman Brothers has named Paul Marchington, formerly of Deutsche Bank, as managing director and European head of transition management.
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Pension directive impedes single market – FEFSI
EUROPE – The European investment fund association FEFSI says the European pension directive represents a “serious impediment” to the single market for financial services.
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Watson Wyatt LLP still looking for acquisitions
EUROPE – Watson Wyatt LLP, the UK-based consulting firm, says it is still looking for acquisitions - in a market where it faces “opportunities and threats”.
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CEIOPS pension committee seeks consensus
EUROPE - The European Union's Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pension Supervisors has stated it will seek to "build consensus where possible".
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T. Rowe Price hiring staff as earnings surge
GLOBAL – T. Rowe Price Group says its second-quarter net income rose 49% to 80.3 million dollars (66.52 million euros) – with staff numbers rising six percent since the start of the year.
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Czech minister seeks mandatory retirement saving
CZECH REPUBLIC - The draft pension reform plan will have to contain some form of mandatory retirement savings, according to Tomas Prouza, who was recently appointed Czech deputy finance minister with responsibility for pension reform.
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IPD unveils pan-European real estate index
EUROPE – Real estate measurement firm IPD has released an 11-country pan-European index for consultation.
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German funds set to increase equities – survey
GERMANY – German pension funds and insurers are likely to increase their weighting to equities in the medium to long term, according to a survey by Heissmann Consultants.
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Swiss pension funds slip in 2nd quarter – report
SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds fell –1.1% in the second quarter, said performance measurement firm InterSec Switzerland in a report.
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NAPF to host conference for pension trustees
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds is to hold a conference for pension scheme trustees amid fears that the traditional trustee system in the UK is facing decline due to regulatory pressure.
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Prohibit unfunded occupational schemes - OECD
GLOBAL – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says companies’ unfunded pay-as-you-go pension schemes should be “prohibited”.
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Mercer unveils interactive pensions modelling
UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting says it has launched interactive pensions modelling software called Provecta.
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Bruyninckx named Euroclear plan administrator
BELGIUM - Settlement system Euroclear Bank has appointed Annelies Bruyninckx as head of employee benefits and pension plan administrator.
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Investment Solutions picks up Minit DB brief
UK - The pension fund of shoe-repairer Minit UK has appointed multi-manager Investment Solutions to manage its 10 million-pounds (15.06 million-euro) defined benefit pension scheme.
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T&N pension trustees in crisis talks
UK – The trustees of the threatened 1.2 billion-pound (1.8 billion-euro) T&N Retirement Benefit Scheme have met the government to seek information about financial assistance.
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Dutch data reveals shift away from final salary
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension statistics from the pension regulator PVK are now available online – which has revealed the extent of the shift away from final salary arrangements.
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Commission raids Euronext and other firms
EUROPE – The European Commission has raided pan-European exchange Euronext and other financial services companies as part of an antitrust probe.
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ABN Amro targets pension funds with MiniSwaps
EUROPE – ABN Amro has launched a new interest-rate swaps product – MiniSwaps - aimed at institutions such as pension funds and insurers as well as corporates and fund managers.