All IPE articles in July 2007 (Online) – Page 5
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Reform delay could add to “under pensioning” - ACA
[15:00 CEST 17-07] UK – Government pension “policy drift” is threatening future pension incomes as employers are failing to increase contributions in money purchase plans, according to the Association of Consulting Actuaries.
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ABI accused of making false claims on Pensions Bill
[17:00 CEST 16-07] UK – The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is misleading MPs about the effects of the cross-party Pensions Bill amendments to be passed by the House of Commons tomorrow, according to pensions campaigner Ros Altmann.
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FTSE surpluses rise to £4bn – PCS
[16:30 CEST 16-07] UK - FTSE 100 pension schemes had an estimated surplus of over £4bn (€5.9bn) by the end of June 30, suggests research by a pensions adviser firm
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Pension fund regs hamper trustee search
[16:00 CEST 17-06] UK - More than a third a UK pension schemes are having trouble recruiting trustees because of increasing regulatory pressures on pension fund trustees, a study has found.
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LSE launch to support specialist fund growth
[15:30 CEST 16-07] UK - The London Stock Exchange is launching a dedicated market for issuers of specialist funds to fill a gap in the burgeoning growth of the alternative investments sector.
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Goldman taps into buyout boom
[15:30 CEST 16-07] UK – American investment bank Goldman Sachs has launched a new insurance company with the prospect of tapping into the growing UK buyout market.
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Union sees demand for SRI and portable alpha
[14:00 CEST 16-07] GERMANY – Union Investment, the asset manager for Germany’s co-operative bank sector, is rolling out sustainability and portable alpha funds on the back of institutional investor demand.
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Internal supervision seen as 'misleading’
[13:30 CEST 16-07] NETHERLANDS – The Internal supervision required under new Dutch pension fund governance rules could be misleading, argues Joep Schouten, exiting chairman of pensions provider Cordares.
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TPR warned guidance branches into standards
[13:00 CEST 16-07] UK – Legal experts have warned The Pensions Regulator could be forced to enact powers beyond its current legislated remit from this summer because of regulatory pressures on pension fund trustees.
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EP wants pan-European pensions product
[17:00 CEST 13-07] EUROPE – The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to encourage the financial industry to create a portable pension product.
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Denmark reforms to resolve ”illegal” pensions tax
[17:00 CEST 13-07] DENMARK - Political parties have agreed a new framework for Danish pensions tax after the European Court of Justice overruled the continuation of the country’s existing system.
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Morley taps Dromer for global chief
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – Insurance giant Aviva has appointed HSBC’s Alain Dromer to replace the late Chris Phillips as chief executive of Morley Fund Management.
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Wiltshire appoints three managers
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – The £1.1bn (€1.7bn) Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund has awarded three mandates for unconstrained equity, long-short equity and active currency.
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ABP makes first timber allocation
NETHERLANDS – The €211bn Dutch pension fund ABP has made its first foray into timberland investments with a $60m allocation to the Global Solidarity Forest Fund (GSFF).
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IPE-QUEST: $50m currency alpha mandate
[17:00 CEST 13-07] UK – A UK-based institutional investor is looking for a manager for a $50m (€36.3m) active global currency alpha mandate using IPE-Quest.
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Hoechster Pensionskasse moved out of equities in 2006
[12:00 CEST 13-07] GERMANY – Hoechster Pensionskasse (HPK) divested its equity holdings in 2006 despite it being another good year for equities.
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Pension fund replaces brown envelope
[11:00 CEST 13-07] EUROPE – New forms of bribe have emerged which now include payments into a pension fund, participants at an anti-corruption seminar learned this week.
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Pension funds fail to offer relevant training - TPR
[17:00 CEST 12-07] UK – One-third of British pension funds still do not offer any training to their trustees while four in 10 of British schemes do not have any risk management processes in place, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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Hermes chooses tracking partner
[17:00 CEST 12-07] UK – Legal & General Investment Management will provide index tracking services to Hermes Pension Management, it was announced today.
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Pensions Board urges trustees to focus on risk
[17:00 CEST 12-07] IRELAND – Trustees should be constantly reviewing the asset allocation in their pension funds' investment portfolios to mitigate risk, the Irish Pensions Board has suggested.
