All IPE articles in June 2007 (Online) – Page 4

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Delta Lloyd buys Dutch asset manager

2007-06-20T15:56:12Z

[16:56 CEST 20-06] NETHERLANDS – Delta Lloyd, the Dutch subsidiary of Aviva, is acquiring Cyrte Investments.
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AP Pension CIO leaves

2007-06-20T15:55:46Z

[16:55 CEST 20-06] DENMARK - AP Pension’s chief investment officer Jan Samsø has left the pension fund, and will be replaced in September by Claus Christjansen, a spokesman for the occupational pensions provider said.
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BVI warns CGT may hurt German competitiveness

2007-06-20T12:02:00Z

[13:02 CEST 20-06] GERMANY – Fund industry association BVI has warned the competitiveness of Germany as a financial centre may suffer unless the government amends a planned capital gains tax (CGT) on funds.
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Ellison attacks 'destructive' CEIOPS

2007-06-20T09:54:04Z

[10:54 CEST 20-06] EUROPE – Robin Ellison, the former chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), has accused the Committee of European Insurance and Pension Supervisors (CEIOPS) of operating as a cartel plotting against pan-European pensions.
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Wednesday people roundup

2007-06-20T09:53:26Z

[10:53 CEST 20-06] GLOBAL – Northern Trust, BoNY, Mercer, JPMorgan, Watson Wyatt, RCM, Managing Partners, New Star, ETF, Henderson, Punter Southall.
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Reuters to review Swiss DC fund

2007-06-19T15:45:05Z

[16:45 CEST 19-06] SWITZERLAND/UK – International news organisation Reuters says it wants to review the investment mix of its new Swiss defined contribution (DC) pension fund.
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VSE looks further east for new indices

2007-06-19T15:38:10Z

[16:38 CEST 19-06] AUSTRIA/CEE – The Vienna stock exchange is looking to create new indices for eastern European countries.
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Boots trustees win £1bn in takeover battle

2007-06-19T15:13:19Z

[16:13 CEST 19-06] UK – Pension fund trustees of pharmacy group Boots have agreed a deal with AB Acquisitions which should see the fund receive a significant cash injection when the company is bought.
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Parliament seeks trustee advice

2007-06-19T15:09:11Z

[16:09 CEST 19-06] UK – Trustees of the £280m (€414m) Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund of the House of Commons are looking for investment advice.
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UK Regulator to demand US firm finances pensions

2007-06-19T15:06:32Z

[16:06 CEST 19-06] UK - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to issue its first Financial Support Direction (FSD) and order US company Sea Containers to shore up its UK pension funds.
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Pension organisations gain new heads (amended)

2007-06-19T15:01:38Z

[16:01 CEST 19-06] EUROPE – Both the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) and the Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP) have named new heads for their organisations. (amends positions of AEIP appointments)
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Caïla leaves French civil service fund

2007-06-19T15:00:52Z

[16:00 CEST 19-06] FRANCE – Philippe Caïla is to leave his role as director of the Etablissement de Retraite Additionnnelle de la Fonction Publique (ERAFP), the mandatory supplementary pension scheme of French public servants.
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Swiss government approves pension funds oversight rules

2007-06-19T10:00:02Z

[11:00 CEST 19-06] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government has approved a draft law designed to improve pension regulation and tighten best practice standards for pension fund (Pensionskassen) managers.
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Private equity markets to fall, warns Munsters

2007-06-18T16:20:54Z

[17:20 CEST 18-06] NETHERLANDS – Roderick Munsters, chief investment officer at the giant Dutch pension fund ABP, says there are opportunities to be had in declining private equity markets.
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Securities law could hit pension fund returns - KAS

2007-06-18T15:57:55Z

[16:57 CEST 18-06] EUROPE – Pension funds will incur financial losses if legislation preventing the use of voting rights on loaned securities is implemented, Dutch securities services bank KAS Bank has argued.
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ICI pension fund wants to be wooed by potential suitors

2007-06-18T15:56:43Z

[16:56 CEST 18-06] NETHERLANDS/UK – The £6.5bn (€9.63bn) Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) pension fund is warning it expects ICI bidders to engage in up-front talks with the scheme, following failed takeover talks with Dutch paints major Akzo Nobel.
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The Pensions Trust turns Euro focus to Axa Rosenberg

2007-06-18T15:56:07Z

[16:56 CEST 18-06] UK - The Pensions Trust has appointed quants specialist Axa Rosenberg to manage a £345m (€510m) European equity mandate.
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Active managers hindered by fund size - research

2007-06-18T15:55:23Z

[16:55 CEST 18-06] GLOBAL – Most investment funds are too big to provide active managers with the flexibility needed to outperform the benchmark significantly, new research confirmed.
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IPE-QUEST: €67m European equities mandate

2007-06-18T15:55:03Z

[16:55 CEST 18-06] NORDICS – A Nordic financial institution is tendering a $90m (€67m) active European equities mandate on behalf of a pension fund.
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Luxembourg FDC appoints 18 managers

2007-06-18T10:58:11Z

[11:58 CEST 18-06] LUXEMBOURG – The Fonds de Compensation commun au regime general de pension (FDC) has appointed 18 managers for a total of €3.8bn.