All IPE articles in July 2006 (Online) – Page 3
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Horeca fund agrees indexation for pensioners
NETHERLANDS - Pensioenfonds Horeca & Catering, the €2bn Dutch hotel and catering scheme, has decided to give a 1.25% indexation to all its pensioners and deferred members, effective from 1 January 2006.
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CAAM names marketing boss
FRANCE - Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has promoted current head of client servicing Philippe Zaouati to head of marketing.
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Pension funds to exploit sustained Nordic growth
EUROPE - European pension funds will be the primary investors in a pan-Nordic real estate SICAV to be launched by Aberdeen in the next few weeks.
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Cordares eyes new markets
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension provider Cordares wants to increase its focus on commercial activities in new markets and others sectors as part of a strategic growth plan, it has announced.
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Church of England to debate pension revamp
UK – New plans to increase pension contributions, cut benefits and raise the retirement age will be debated by the General Synod on Sunday in a bid to solve the Church of England’s pension crisis.
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Lothian scheme tenders €332m FI brief
UK – The roughly £2.6bn (€3.8bn) Lothian Pension Fund is tendering for a fund manager to manage its £230m global fixed income portfolio.
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German government approves new civil service scheme
GERMANY – The government has approved a draft law paving the way for the creation of a pension fund for federal civil servants hired after January 1, 2007.
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EFAMA urges EC to remove regulatory barriers
EUROPE – EFAMA, the European Fund and Asset Management Association, has called on the European Commission to remove legal and regulatory barriers of the UCITS Directive.
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Thornton named MD of Gazelle pensions business
UK - Paul Thornton, former Watson Wyatt director and senior industry figure, has been appointed managing director of the pensions arm of specialist and independent financial advisory firm Gazelle.
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New rules for companies’ collective DC schemes
NETHERLANDS - Accountants and actuaries will issue new criteria for companies that have changed their pension funds into collective defined contribution schemes.
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OECD invites comment on occupational pensions
GLOBAL - The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is inviting public comment on draft guidelines on the funding of occupational pension schemes.
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FRR launches search for consultant
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites' - the €28.1bn French Pensions Reserve Fund – plans to hire an external provider of performance measurement services. .
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IPE and AP Info Services launch ‘Red Book’
GLOBAL – Business Information provider AP Information Services, in collaboration with long-term partner IPE International Publishers, today launched the seventh edition of ‘International Pension Funds and their Advisers 2006/7’.
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IPE-QUEST: Two new searches on system
GLOBAL – A continental European pension fund is looking to invest between $50m and $100m in hedge funds via IPE-QUEST.
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Portuguese pension returns weaken - Watson Wyatt
PORTUGAL - Portuguese pension funds are expected to return 1.9% for the first six months of this year after generating 3.7% for the first quarter, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt’s Lisbon office.
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Hymans axed by Cape pension trustees
UK – The pension trustees of global industrial services company Cape PLC have axed Hymans Robertson as scheme consultant, and appointed Buck Consultants instead.
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Swedish regulator voices concern on private equity
SWEDEN - Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, Finasinspektionen (FI), has said it is worried about the rising levels of debt in private equity and venture capital companies and has called for greater transparency in their activities.
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IBM Germany puts DC plans on ice
GERMANY – Opposition from employee representatives has forced IBM in Germany to temporarily halt plans to transfer half of its employees from a defined benefit pension scheme to a defined contribution one, IPE has learned.
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Old Mutual Asset Managers appoints CIO
UK – Old Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM) has appointed Eoin Murray, its current head of quantitative strategies, as chief investment officer.
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Austrian schemes lack transparency – Mercer
AUSTRIA – A new study from international consultant Mercer has found deficits in both the transparency and investment strategy of six Austrian pension funds, known as Pensionskassen.
