All IPE articles in July 2009 (Online) – Page 2
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NewsMangustaRisk to conduct Fondo Cometa review
[16:30 CEST 29-07] ITALY – Fondo Cometa, Italy’s largest pension fund, has asked MangustaRisk to review all nine of its existing investment manager mandates, which in total are currently worth €4.3bn.
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NewsPensions deficit adds to BAA loss
[16:15 CEST 29-07] UK – BAA, the UK airports operator, suffered a £575m loss in the first half of this year, and almost half of this was generated by its defined benefit pension fund.
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NewsWednesday people roundup
[13:00 CEST 29-07] GLOBAL – AIC, Henderson New Star, Ignis Asset Management, Axa Rosenberg, Watson Wyatt, Gartmore, RWC Partners, SGSS
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NewsSurplus assets reduce on BP pension
[17:00 CEST 28-07] UK – BP, the petroleum company, today revealed its post-retirement and defined benefit plan liabilities rose in value a fraction between December 2008 and June 2009, from £10.43bn (€12.09bn) to £10.52bn, yet the scheme remains in surplus as the fund’s assets under management were £11.555bn at the end of last year.
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NewsEast Sussex tenders for three managers
[16:55 CEST 28-07] UK – East Sussex Council is tendering three investment manager mandates for its £1.39bn (€1.6bn) pension fund.
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NewsPPF to set up investment advice panel
[16:50 CEST 28-07] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is seeking to establish a panel of investment advisers to call on, for advice concerning investment in both new and existing asset classes.
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NewsHounslow awards admin contract to Capita
[16:50 CEST 28-07] UK – The London Borough of Hounslow has appointed Capita Hartshead to administer its £393m (€454.9m) pension fund and provide advice on scheme regulations.
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NewsLinz AG fund reviews value-at-risk approach
[16:45 CEST 28-07] AUSTRIA – The €180m pension fund for the Austrian energy and telecommunication company Linz AG is hoping investment markets will stabilise soon so it can change its asset allocation approach.
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NewsTrying to time the market 'is dangerous', claims author
[15:45 CEST 28-07] GLOBAL - Investors should not play the markets, according to Burton Malkiel, author of the book entitled ‘A random walk down Wall Street’ and Chemical Bank chairman’s professor of economics at Princeton University.
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NewsPension funds rally against need to report cooperation
NETHERLANDS – Representatives of the Dutch pension funds arena have lodged an appeal with the competition regulator NMa against a duty to report any cooperation of activity between pension funds.
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NewsHedge limits Dutch retail funds loss
[17:10 CEST 27-07] NETHERLANDS - The €6.9bn pension fund for the retail sector (BD) says it limited its loss to -1.1% in 2008, thanks to an interest rate hedge on two-thirds of its liabilities.
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News1 in 3 Irish schemes 'will not clear deficit in 10 years'
[16:00 CEST 27-07] IRELAND - Irish employers are “substantially re-evaluating their funding obligations” as a potential 30% do not have the ability to fund deficits over the next 10 years, suggests research from PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC).
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NewsWestminster deficit hits £331m as fund drops 24%
[15:00 CEST 27-07] UK – Westminster City Council has revealed the deficit in its pension fund had more than doubled to £331.9m by the end of March 2009.
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NewsMerchant Navy asks KPMG to review 'delegated CIO'
[14:30 CEST 27-07] UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has tasked KPMG with assessing whether Watson Wyatt should continue as its ‘delegated CIO’ or whether a new fiduciary manager should be appointed.
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NewsSR Technics to be excluded from pensions lifeboat
[14:00 CEST 27-07] IRELAND – Trustees of the SR Technics pension fund have been told the scheme is not eligible for help from the new rescue fund for pensions known as the Pensions Insolvency Payment Scheme (PIPS) as the government cannot extend the categories of insolvency to still solvent employers.
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NewsSwiss pensions shift to equities and property
[13:30 CEST 27-07] SWITZERLAND – Swiss pensionskassen made a definite shift back into equities in the second quarter of this year alongside a record level of real estate investments, new figures suggest.
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NewsSuffolk suspends transition manager search
[17:05 CEST 24-07] UK – Suffolk County Council has confirmed it has suspended the procurement process for a transition manager after it had problems with offering the contract on a contingency basis.
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NewsHymans wins Macmillan investment role
[16:05 CEST 24-07] UK – Publishing company Macmillan has appointed Hymans Robertson to provide investment consulting services to its pension fund.
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NewsCornwall drops £215m in 2008/09
[17:05 CEST 24-07] UK – Cornwall Council's local government pension fund lost £215m in the year to 31 March 2009, figures have revealed.
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NewsAIFM could bring less fund choice, claims law firm
[17:00 CEST 24-07] EUROPE – A Paris-headquartered law firm has warned current proposals for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive could lead to a lack of choice of funds in the future unless European officials can work with US and international counterparts to improve regulatory terms on alternative investments.
