All IPE articles in July 2005 (Online) – Page 2
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Italian cabinet approves 2nd-pillar draft
ITALY – The Italian cabinet has approved the final draft for the law that will change the Italian pension system, shifting some of the pension burden from the state to employers and employees.
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Petercam enters Dutch institutional market
NETHERLANDS – Belgium’s Petercam Bank has hired two staff from the Ahold pension scheme to help it enter the Dutch institutional asset management market.
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AP2’s managing director Idermark resigns
SWEDEN – Lars Idermark, managing director of the SEK158.1bn (€16.7bn) Andra AP-fonden, AP2, is to leave the buffer fund to join consumer association KF as chief executive.
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Rivière takes over at Invesco in Germany
GERMANY - Patrick Rivière, Invesco’s head of European institutional business, has taken on the additional role of head of institutional business for Germany, according to Invesco’s German arm.
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Dutch companies to stick with DB – Towers
NETHERLANDS - Most finance chiefs at Dutch listed firms expect to keep on sharing the risks of their pension funds, unlike elsewhere, according to a study by consulting firm Towers Perrin.
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UK regulator provides detail on notifiable events
UK – The new Pensions Regulator has explained the new responsibilities of trustees and employers under the Pensions Act.
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Dutch collective system under threat - Bovenberg
NETHERLANDS – The Netherlands’ collective pension system is under threat due to young people’s “growing pension consciousness” according to leading pensions academic Lans Bovenberg.
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Trustees have “extreme unease” about hedge funds
EUROPE – A new report says pension fund trustees need education about hedge funds amid “extreme unease” about some of the funds’ inherent features.
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Ireland: Pepsi prosecuted over pensions info
IRELAND - The Pensions Board said it had successfully prosecuted Pepsi Cola Trading Ireland and two other companies for failing to comply with requests for information on their pension obligations.
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FUND FORUM: Horlick on Deutsche Asset Management
MONACO – Nicola Horlick, the high profile former Deutsche Asset Management UK fund manager, has spoken about her recent reported attempted to buy the firm.
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Capacity an issue for ‘unconstrained’ mandates
EUROPE – Hewitt Associates, an advocate of so-called ‘unconstrained’ mandates, has acknowledged difficulties n finding managers to run assets that are not benchmarked to an index.
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FUND FORUM: Fund market at “standstill”
MONACO - The European investment fund market is not growing in real terms, says Diana Mackay, managing director of Feri Fund Management Market Information.
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FUND FORUM: Germany piles into derivatives
MONACO - German investors have moved huge volumes of assets into the derivatives and certificates area, says Martin Theisinger, managing director for Germany and Austria at Schroders Investment Management.
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Dutch schemes’ NIB ‘close to take-over decision’
NETHERLANDS – NIB Capital, the merchant bank owned by the two largest Dutch pension funds, has received a bid from a former board member of Goldman Sachs, according to press reports.
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Firms eye European property derivatives trading
EUROPE – Real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis has teamed up with derivatives brokerage GFI Group to develop a derivatives market based on European commercial property.
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Cordares seeks growth by offering expertise
NETHERLANDS – The new Dutch pension firm Cordares, formerly known as the SFB, the social fund for the building industry, is seeking growth by offering administration, asset management and income insurance, it says in its annual report.
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Fidelity names Benelux institutional head
BENELUX – Fidelity has appointed Vanguard’s Theo van der Meer as head of institutional business in Benelux.
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Dutch schemes confirm talks to sell NIB Capital
NETHERLANDS - The two largest Dutch pension funds are in talks to share their stakes in merchant bank NIB Capital to a grouped headed by former Goldman Sachs executive Christopher Flowers.
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London scheme cautious amid Olympic bid win
UK - The £3bn (€4.33bn) London Pensions Fund Authority is cautious about new opportunities for institutional investors, as London prepares to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Mercer launches variable DB plan in US
US - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has introduced a new pension arrangement in the US similar to so-called variable benefit plans.
