All IPE articles in July 2006 (Online) – Page 9
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PPF seeks COO, finance director
UK – The Pension Protection Fund, the government pensions lifeboat, is looking to appoint a chief operating officer and financial risk director.
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NAPF-ISS joint venture in ownership change
UK – US-based Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and the National Association of Pension Funds have announced that their joint venture, RREV, will now be solely owned by ISS.
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GE Asset Management CEO exits
UK – Gavin Hill, chief executive of GE Asset Management, has quit to join the board of directors as investment director at pensions liability buyout vehicle Synesis Life under CEO Isabel Hudson.
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Bic pension appoints new manager
UK – The roughly £22m (€32m) Bic pension fund has appointed multi-manager Investment Solutions to manage its closed defined benefit scheme using liability driven investment strategies.
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Schenk appointed UBS pension MD
SWITZERLAND – The CHF20.2bn (€12.8bn) pension fund of Swiss banking giant UBS has appointed Christoph Schenk as its new managing director, effective January 1, 2007.
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ABP takes 100% stake in Loyalis as levensloop comes under fire
NETHERLANDS - Civil service pension fund ABP has increased its stake in its subsidiary company Loyalis from 20% to 100%, it has announced.
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DeAM names Roemer institutional chief
GERMANY – Peter Roemer has left Crédit Suisse Asset Management to join Deutsche Asset Management as its new head of European institutional business with immediate effect.
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Dutch government turmoil could hit FTK
NETHERLANDS – The collapse of the Dutch centre-right government last night could delay the implementation of the new Financial Assessment Framework, or FTK, pension experts have warned.
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Mercer partner Cowling quits to join JLT arm
UK – Charles Cowling, long-term worldwide partner at Mercer Human Resources Consulting, has quit to join pensions advisory outfit Pension Capital Strategies (PCS) as managing director.
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UK reconsiders principles of pensions accounting
UK – The UK’s Accounting Standards Board says it is undergoing a project to “reconsider the fundamental principles of pensions accounting”.
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UK taken to European Court over pension directive
UK – The UK and Slovenia have been referred to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission for failing to implement the occupational pension funds directive.
