All IPE articles in July 2004 (Online) – Page 4
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UK's NAPF worried about pension directive
UK – The National Association of Pension Funds has expressed concern about the impact of the European pensions directive on the UK.
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Population ageing could hit euro – Commission
EUROPE – The European Commission has warned that population ageing may be one of the “asymmetric shocks” that could hit the euro.
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Ex-Courtaulds CEO to head Jones Lang LaSalle
GLOBAL - Jones Lang LaSalle, the loss-making real estate management firm, has named former Courtaulds Textiles chief executive Colin Dyer as its new CEO.
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AMF slams Swedish pension “fiasco”
SWEDEN- The 197 billion-crown (21.4 billion-euro) pension provider AMF Pension has called the Swedish pension system launched in 2000 a “fiasco”.
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J P Morgan, Bank of NY report Q2 asset figures
US – J P Morgan Chase and the Bank of New York have both reported second-quarter assets under management and assets under custody figures.
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J P Morgan to buy hedge fund admin firm Tranaut
GLOBAL – J P Morgan says it has agreed to buy privately owned hedge fund administration services firm Tranaut Fund Administration.
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Blue Sky awards E45m to Dimensional
NETHERLANDS – Blue Sky Group, which manages the pension assets of airline KLM, has awarded a 45 million-euro European small-cap mandate to Dimensional Fund Advisors.
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BP Investments' Pidcock joins Newton
UK - Newton Investment Management says it has hired Jason Pidcock, a fund manager from BP Investment Management, the firm which manages the pension assets of oil firm BP.
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Workers should forgo pay rises for pensions – CBI
UK – Employers group the Confederation of British Industry says employees should be prepared to forgo annual pay rises to boost pensions.
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UK insurer applies for Irish CCF – agency
GLOBAL - A UK insurance company, as well as a multinational company, are in the process of applying to the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority to launch a tax-transparent Common Contractual Fund, Ireland’s Investment and Development Agency says.
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Dutch MPs query IAS19 implementation
NETHERLANDS - Two Dutch MPs have put down a joint written question to pensions minister Aart-Jan de Geus about the implementation of guidelines covering retirement benefits accounting standard IAS19.
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SSGA unveils “dynamic risk” model for DB schemes
GLOBAL – State Street Global Advisors has unveiled a new strategic asset allocation product for defined benefit pension plans that it says will provide an investment “roadmap”.
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Watson Wyatt to measure its own advice
UK – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt is working on measuring its own investment strategy advice, according to one of its senior consultants.
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Calyon, HFR Europe in hedge index tie-up
EUROPE – Calyon, the merged Credit Lyonnais investment bank and Crédit Agricole Indosuez, has tied up with HFR Europe to offer structured products based on HFR’s HFRX investable hedge funds indices.
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Investec equities managers leave in pay row
UK - Investec Asset Management says five equities managers have left after their request for an equity stake in the business was refused.
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EU sets up clearing and settlement expert group
EUROPE – The European Commission has set up an expert group on clearing and settlement following on from the Giovannini report.
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DeAM’s European CIO Sternberg to leave
EUROPE – Deutsche Asset Management says its chief investment officer for Europe and Asia-Pacific, Karl Sternberg, is to leave at the end of August.
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New TIAA-CREF institutional arm to eye Europe
EUROPE – The new institutional asset management arm of US education retirement system TIAA-CREF will have a presence in Europe before too long, says one of its top executives.
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IPE-QUEST: Danish fund tenders E1bn in overlay
DENMARK – A pension fund in Denmark has tendered a currency overlay mandate worth around one billion euros via IPE-Quest.
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Serbia and Montenegro outline pension moves
SERBIA – Top officials of Serbia and Montenegro have laid out changes to the countries’ pensions arrangements in a letter to the IMF.
