All IPE articles in July 2013 (Online) – Page 4
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Prospect of avoiding rights cuts at Dutch metal schemes 'gloomy'
NETHERLANDS – €31.6bn PME concedes it might have to cut rights by as much as 5%.
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ABP, PFZW warn of possible rights cuts after second-quarter losses
NETHERLANDS – Coverage ratios at largest Dutch schemes fall by 4 percentage points.
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German investor tenders €100m Pacific equities mandate
IPE-QUEST – Selected manager to serve as 'backup for existing managers for time being'.
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Cardano named adviser to £2.7bn UK electricity scheme
UK – Scheme aims to improve funding ratio while 'continuing to be innovative'.
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Report backs creation of UK infrastructure bank
UK – National Investment Bank could provide smaller investors with project expertise.
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Bulgarians criticise sale of pension fund to UK-based United Capital
EUROPE – Austrian insurance group VIG offloads 92% stake in largest Bulgarian scheme Doverie.
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NEST lowers exposure to UK as funds see double-digit returns
UK – Domestic holdings account for just 30% of assets, down from nearly 50% last March.
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Wiltshire Pension Fund tenders multi-asset GEM mandate
GLOBAL – Mandate to cover 'mainly bonds and equities'.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Pramerica, Dutch Social Affairs, MN, Sackers, Janus, Barings, BNY Mellon, Mirabaud
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One-fifth in real estate a 'reasonable proposition' – NEST
UK – CIO says 20% allocation would ideally be for all real assets, including infrastructure.
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Mandate roundup: Shropshire, Bevan Howard, BlueCrest, BNP Paribas, NPRF, BlueBay
EUROPE – Shropshire local authority fund appoints manager to £55m hedge fund mandate.
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Verbund on lookout for pension provider after dropping Valida
AUSTRIA – Mutually agreed decision made in order to ‘optimise’ costs, returns.
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Denmark's Unipension sues dozen banks over CDS competition concerns
GLOBAL – ISDA, Markit named as defendants in suit claiming they 'unreasonably' restrained competition.
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VLEP sticks with strategic asset allocation despite coverage ratio
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund concedes an additional 2.9% rights cut is on the cards.
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The US pensions cliff
Harry Smorenberg and Pieter Kiveron outline the options for ‘honest and open’ solutions.
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ESMA consults on 'best candidates' for derivatives clearing
EUROPE – Watchdog publishes consultation on definitions that will inform regulatory standards.
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Unions dismiss Irish leader's suggestion state should be pensions 'paymaster'
IRELAND – Taoiseach Enda Kenny suggests taxpayer could end up being paymaster for insolvent schemes.
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Dutch Cabinet unveils proposals for new financial assessment framework
NETHERLANDS – ABP claims proposed FTK will do little to help stabilise contributions or discount rate.
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Strathclyde selects manager for £550m indexation portfolio
UK – Scottish fund says framework agreement has seen 'strong response' from others.
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ESG roundup: Hermes EOS, Tomorrow's Finance, AXA IM, London Principles, UKSIF Vigeo
GLOBAL – Principals need more control over agents to end short-termism, says Hermes EOS.