All IPE articles in June 2005 (Online) – Page 3
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Watson Wyatt reviewing brand amid merger
GLOBAL – Consulting firm Watson Wyatt is reviewing its branding following the merger of its US and European arms.
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EU meeting set as fears grow for IORP directive
EUROPE – There is to be a meeting at the European Parliament next week amid a fear that some EU member states will not be ready for the directive on occupational pensions.
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Dutch pension governance group gets new head
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch treasury official is to take over from former Unilever pension executive Jos van Niekerk as director of the Dutch Foundation for Corporate Governance Research for Pension Funds, or SCGOP.
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AP3 aiming to run managers more efficiently
SWEDEN - The SEK160bn (€17.3bn) Swedish third buffer fund, Tredje AP-fonden, says it must be more efficient in the way it deals with its external managers.
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Governance group GES sets up engagement forum
EUROPE – Corporate governance consulting firm GES Investment Services has set up an ‘engagement forum’ for pension funds.
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JP Morgan’s Reichl joins Bayern-Invest
GERMANY - German institutional fund manager Bayern-Invest has recruited a senior executive from the German arm of JP Morgan for a new seat on its management board.
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Hymans and Mercer lose out at E.ON (Update)
UK – Consulting firms Hymans Robertson and Mercer Human Resource Consulting have lost out following a £4bn (€5.9bn) merger between four UK pension schemes of Germany’s E.ON (updates merger size).
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Lothian scheme awards £380m equities mandates
UK - The £2bn (€2.98bn) Lothian Pension scheme has appointed three new fund managers to run a total of £380m in global and Europe (ex-UK) equities.
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ABP to name new bond managers by third quarter
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the €168bn scheme for Dutch civil servants is looking for “a couple” of managers to build up its global alpha fixed income fund, according to a senior official.
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Dexia and RBC to combine custody arms
EUROPE – Dexia and Royal Bank of Canada are to combine their institutional investor services businesses in a joint venture that will have US$1.8trn (€1.47trn) in assets under custody.
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France's FRR names private equity consultant
FRANCE - The €19.6bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites, the French Pensions Reserve Fund has named a consultant to help it choose private equity managers.
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UK regulator names three executive directors
UK – The UK’s new Pensions Regulator has named three executive directors for strategy, business delivery and business support.
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AWD sees boom in corporate pension clients
GERMANY - Citing a boom in demand for corporate pensions products, German financial services firm AWD expects to acquire 5,000 corporate clients by the end of 2005, bringing the products’ share of total sales to 10%.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch scheme tenders portable alpha
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch investment consultant has tendered a multi-asset class portable alpha mandate worth at least €15m via IPE-Quest.
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Equities boost Portuguese schemes in May
PORTUGAL – Portuguese pension funds saw their may returns come in seven times higher than the previous month thanks to a recovery in international equity markets.
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Mercer sees no chance for pan-European DB
EUROPE - Defined benefit pension schemes may never be achieved at a pan-European level, according to consulting firm Mercer (corrects spelling of Stainier).
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Pension Protection Fund ‘takes 10% of insurer’
UK – The Pension Protection Fund could take a 10% stake in insurance broking group Heath Lambert in return for taking on its pension fund deficit, according to reports.
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Italian lawyers’ scheme backs green initiative
ITALY – The Italian legal pension scheme, Cassa Nazionale di Previdenza Forense, is among institutional backers of new €10m environmental initiative.
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Mercer loses out to Buck at L’Oréal
UK – Mercer Investment Consulting has lost a consulting brief with the £120m (€178.9m) UK defined benefit pension scheme of cosmetics company L’Oréal.
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Cass Business School offers pension science MSc
UK – The Cass Business School in London is offering what it says is the first MSc degree in pension science.
