All IPE articles in June 2007 (Online)
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E.on crowned top European real estate pension investor
[11:00 CEST 01/06] EUROPE - E.on’s GPS service was the runaway winner of the evening at this year’s IPE Real Estate Awards as it picked up no less than five real estate investment awards and was named the Best European Pension Fund 2007.
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PAYG system may aid labour market - conference
[13:20 CEST 01/06] GLOBAL – Substitution of personal pension plans for PAYG systems has a positive effect on employment, net wages, unemployment rates and the labour participation rate, delegates at an international pensions conference have been told.
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New Dutch body to pool financial strength
[16:31 CEST 01/06] NETHERLANDS – The Netherlands wants to promote the country as a financial centre by creating a new agency which will also focus on exporting pensions knowledge.
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AP-funds join Wal-Mart revolt
[16:33 CEST 01/06] SWEDEN/US – The ethical council for Sweden’s national pension buffer funds supports the filing of a resolution regarding labour issues at US company Wal-Mart.
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Personal accounts predicted to create “pension apartheid”
[16:34 CEST 01/06] UK – Actuaries are warning the introduction of personal account pensions could lead to a “pension apartheid” as employers intend to level-down contributions and close workplace schemes.
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Italians veering away from TFR in pensions
[16:35 CEST 01/06] ITALY – One half of the Italian workforce has decided on where to place their severance pay 'trattamento di fine rapporto' (TFR) but most of those have decided against using putting it into a pension fund.
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Belgian occupational funds return 9.25%
[16:36 CEST 01/06] BELGIUM - The average Belgian occupational pension fund returned 9.25% in 2006 – a very positive result, according to the Belgian Association of Pension Funds (BVPI).
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USS faces pressure over Sudan
[16:27 CEST 01/06] UK - The €44bn UK Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is facing pressure from campaigners to divest its shareholding in Chinese oil firm Petrochina over its state-owned parent company’s Sudan operations.
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Russia models new welfare fund on Norway
[10:46 CEST 04/06] RUSSIA – Up to €8bn of the soon-to -be-created Russian National Welfare Fund will be invested in the stock market, finance minister Alexei Kudrin has announced.
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Dax firms see pension liabilities drop €10bn
[12:46 CEST 04/06] GERMANY – Pension liabilities for the 30 firms traded on Germany’s blue-chip Dax index have declined by €10bn since January, according to German pensions consultant Heissmann.
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GMB blames private equity for insolvencies
[16:55 CEST 04/06] UK – A total of £2bn (€3bn) in pension deficits is to be found in companies linked to private equity owners, the GMB union has alleged.
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Cheshire going all active in bonds
16:56 CEST 04/06] UK – The £2.3bn (€3.4bn) Cheshire County Council pension fund is tendering a £330m active bond mandate.
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Dutch giants go clean
[16:59 CEST 04/06] NETHERLANDS – The two largest Dutch pension funds, ABP and PGGM, will put €500m in “clean technology”, the funds announced in a joint statement today.
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BT pension's Sir Tim Chessells to step down
[17:01 CEST 04/06] UK – The £38.3bn (€55.9bn) BT pension fund is looking for a new trustee chairman to start at the end of this year.
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Belgian ‘silver fund’ tops €15bn
[17:05 CEST 04/06] BELGIUM – The Belgian ‘silver fund’, the reserve fund set up in 2001 by the federal government to bolster first-pillar pensions, has so far grown to €15.1bn.
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PGGM economist Kraneveld joins State Street and SBTK
[17:07 CEST 04/06] NETHERLANDS – Pension heavyweight Peter Kraneveld, former head of international affairs at the €86bn Dutch PGGM fund, has taken up two new advisory positions, IPE has learnt.
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IPE-QUEST: $50m Eastern Europe mandate in Denmark
[10:50 CEST 05/06] DENMARK/GERMANY – A Danish institutional investor is looking for a manager for an active equity mandate in excess of $50m (€37.1m).
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Basle’s embattled pension scheme set for 2008 bailout
[13:42 CEST 05/06] SWITZERLAND – Basle’s planned bailout of the CHF7.9bn (€4.8bn) pension scheme for its employees should go ahead from 2008 after the terms were sanctioned on Friday by a special committee.
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Slovenia takes tentative reform step
SLOVENIA – Early retirement will be penalised under a new law proposed by the Slovenian government but there is no increase in the statutory retirement age.
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BidRoute launches to improve the buy route
[16:26 CEST 05/06] EUROPE - A new trading platform for asset managers, which has the potential to break the stranglehold of the top brokerage firms for portfolio trades, could dramatically improve the quality of trading data fund managers present to clients.
