All IPE articles in July 2006 (Online) – Page 2
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Germany rejects EC court action as “groundless”
GERMANY – The government has dismissed as “groundless” a court action by the European Commission against Germany over its so-called Riester-Rente, a tax-privileged private pension.
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AP funds agree joint SRI tender
SWEDEN – Four of Sweden’s six buffer funds have for the first time jointly agreed to tender for ethical and environmental analysis and advice.
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FUND FORUM: DC “catastrophe” looms - Moreau
MONACO - The issue of defined contribution pension returns has come under scrutiny at the annual Fund Forum event in Monaco.
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EU fund industry ‘outdated’
EUROPE – The EU fund industry is not correctly equipped to respond to the challenges of strong competition for investor savings and a rapidly evolving demand for investment products, according to a report to the European Commission.
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UK investors manage over €4.3tn
UK – Investment managers in the UK now manage over £3trillion(E4.3trn) in assets, according to the Investment Management Association(IMA).
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Perry goes to ITS, Lancaster to MPC and Elliott to Aon
UK – The former pensions head at the House of Commons, Carol Perry has been appointed as one of six directors at Independent Trustee Services.
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Belgian minister proposes radical pension change
BELGIUM - Belgian minister Bruno Tobback has proposed one general pension system be available for all Belgians after leaving school.
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Dutch governors and board member registers merge
NETHERLANDS - The National Register of Governors and Supervisors (NR) and the Register for Board Members of Pension Funds (RBP) will merge this year, both organisations have announced.
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IRIS names Hoogduin new director
NETHERLANDS - Lex Hoogduin has been appointed director of IRIS - the joint investment research institute of asset manager Robeco and Rabobank.
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IPE-QUEST: European scheme screens for management services
EUROPE – A European pension fund is searching for investment management services for tactical equity asset allocation mandates via IPE-QUEST (QN643).
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No way back from DB to DC shift - Lambert
EUROPE - There’s no way back from the shift to defined contribution pensions from defined benefits, according to Unilever pensions head Philip Lambert.
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AP3 may disinvest in Yahoo!
GLOBAL – The roughly SEK175.8bn (€19.2bn) Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) has not ruled out withdrawing its equity investment in Yahoo! following reports implicating the global online network in human rights violations.
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KPMG talking to five on asset pooling
IRELAND - Accounting firm KPMG says it is talking to five potential clients, including pension funds, about asset pooling.
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DekaBank names Killius institutional sales chief
GERMANY – DekaBank, the asset manager of Germany’s state-owned savings banks (Sparkassen), has recruited Thomas Killius from HypoVereinsbank as its new head of institutional sales.
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UK Govt should help local schemes with LDI
UK – The UK government should take action over local authority pension schemes' liabilities, according to a statement by F&C Asset Management.
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Insight sacks six in restructure
UK - Insight Investment has fired six UK analysts – three from equities and three from the UK research team – in a restructuring effort aimed at turning around its underperformance in UK equities.
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AP4 appoints new managing director
SWEDEN - The roughly SEK180.2bn (€19.2bn) Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) has named Skandia Life chief investment officer Mats Andersson as its new managing director to succeed current MD Thomas Halvorsen, who is due to retire.
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‘No excuse for secrecy’, F&C tells pension funds
NETHERLANDS - F&C has thrown its weight behind moves to compel Dutch pension fund managers to disclose their voting records.
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Skandia’s Macleod to head €36bn division
UK – Jamie Macleod, chief executive of Skandia Investment Management (SIML), is to head Skandia UK’s new asset management division – a consolidation of its investment, fund group and life arms.
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Aon to administer Allianz Cornhill; operations manager exits
UK – UK general insurance giant Allianz Cornhill has appointed Aon Consulting as administrator of its £438m (€631m) closed defined benefit pension fund.
