All IPE articles in July 2006 (Online) – Page 8
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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EU fund industry ‘outdated’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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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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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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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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Austrian schemes should return 3% to 6% - Böhm
AUSTRIA – Pension funds in Austria should deliver a return of between 3% and 6% for 2006 - far below the 11.4% return for 2005, according to Christian Böhm, head of the Austrian pension fund association (FVPK).
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WH Smith revamps pension scheme
UK - The trustees of retailer WH Smith's pension fund have agreed a scheme restructure in a move labelled “ground breaking” by market commentators.
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Credit Agricole makes three senior AM appointments
EUROPE - Credit Agricole Asset Management has appointed three senior executives, including an equity investment chief and strategy head, in a bid to strengthen its Paris-London-Milan links.
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Wiltshire tenders €1.4bn custody brief
UK – The roughly £1bn (€1.4bn) Wiltshire County Council pension fund is tendering for a new global custodian.
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HDI’s Stoeckl moves to UNED
GERMANY – UNED AG, a specialist in developing financial products for insurers, banks and fund companies, has recruited Michaela Stoeckl from corporate pensions adviser HDI Pensionsmanagement.
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Pension funds could buy 20% government stake in Schiphol
NETHERLANDS – Government is planning to sell close to a third of its stake in Schiphol airport to institutional investors, according to Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm.
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Petercam Netherlands lose half its directors
NETHERLANDS - Three of the six directors of stockbroker Petercam Netherlands will leave the company to start their own hedge fund, they have announced.
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AP2 in €469m fundamental index shift
SWEDEN - Andra AP-fonden, the roughly SEK190.6bn (€20.5bn) Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) today announced it has allocated 15% of its US equity portfolio to fundamental indexation.
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Shareholders to vote on corporate governance - Eumedion
NETHERLANDS - The shareholders of a listed company should have a vote on its corporate governance policy, in order to achieve an adequate motivation in case of a deviation of the Tabaksblat Code, said Eumedion, the platform for corporate governance.
