All IPE articles in June 2007 (Online) – Page 4
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Swiss pension cuts postponed
[16:52 CEST 12-06] SWITZERLAND – The second chamber of the Swiss parliament criticised its fellow parliamentarians for rushing a reform of the pension system.
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Oil alone not enough to support ageing Norway, IMF warns
[16:53 CEST 12-06] NORWAY – Reforming early retirement provisions is one of the most pressing issues to ensure a sustainable pension system in the future, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Norwegian government.
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Dutch schemes consider rejuvenating industrial estates
[16:54 CEST 12-06] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds are showing an interest in investing in the rejuvenation of run-down industrial estates in the Netherlands.
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Spanish reserve fund set to move into equities
[16:55 CEST 12-06] SPAIN - The Spanish government has paved the way for the country’s pensions reserve fund to start investing some of its €40bn of assets in equities.
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Wednesday people roundup
[13:14 CEST 13-06] GLOBAL – ING IM, Hansa, BoNY, bfinance, Punter Southall, State Street, SAM, SEI, Bank of Ireland, JPMorgan, Sprenkels & Verschuren, BDO Stoy Hayward, Abbey, Invesco.
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German managers "at disadvantage" in commodities and LDI - Fitch
[13:17 CEST 13-06] GERMANY – Asset managers in Germany are at a competitive disadvantage to interloping foreign houses in the commodities and liability-driven investments (LDI) markets, Fitch Ratings has claimed.
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Spain confirms 10% in equities proposal
[16:42 CEST 13-06] SPAIN - Spain’s pensions reserve fund is set to put around 10% of its assets into equities, according to Economics Minister Pedro Solbes, though the final conditions for its proposed asset switch will only be agreed in a few months’ time.
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PPF to create transition panel
[16:43 CEST 13-06] UK – The roughly £800m (€1.2bn) Pension Protection Fund (PPF) wants to recruit several managers for transition of pension assets.
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EU warns Italy TFR impact overestimated
[16:44 CEST 13-06] ITALY – Assets flowing into the newly-created INPS social security institute fund might not bring the expected relief to Italy's tight budget deficit situation, the European Commission has warned.
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Kosovo fund finds new head
[16:44 CEST 13-06] KOSOVO – The €241m Kosovan Savings Pension Trust (KSPT) has appointed Adrian Zalli as its new managing director.
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Inflation-wary institutions fear rate hikes
[16:45 CEST 13-06] EUROPE – Institutional investors are forecasting higher short and long-term interest rates amid growing concerns of rising inflation, a survey has found.
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Raise retirement age to 67 - think tank
[16:46 CEST 13-06] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government must actively approach the pensions crisis by raising the official retirement age from 65 to 67, the Council of Economic Advisers (REA) says.
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Schroders named as Shetland manager
[12:57 CEST 14-06] UK – The Shetland Islands Council has named Schroders as the manager awarded a £20m (€29.6m) UK property mandate.
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Employer-guaranteed schemes decline hailed by Netspar
[12:58 CEST 14-06] GLOBAL – As fewer corporate sponsors guarantee pensions, employees are becoming less dependent and conflict of interest is reduced, Lans Bovenberg, director at the Dutch pension research institute Netspar, has suggested.
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Zürich outsources pensions
[16:39 CEST 14-06] SWITZERLAND – The pension scheme for the government staff in the Swiss canton Zürich will become a separate entity.
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Low bond yields depress German bank fund BVV return
[16:41 CEST 14-06] GERMANY – BVV, an €18.6bn pension fund for Germany’s financial sector, says its return on assets fell to 5.1% in 2006 from 5.4% in 2005 as continued low bond yields depressed its fixed income-laden portfolio.
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Europe needs to clean up its bond act – Louanges
[16:42 CEST 14-06] EUROPE – The European Union (EU) and other debt issuers need to agree to make the European bond market easier to trade, argues fixed income manager Pimco.
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Dutch broadcaster demands SRI
[16:42 CEST 14-06] NETHERLANDS - Llink, the smallest Dutch broadcaster, has announced it will leave the industry-wide pension fund PNO Media if the scheme doesn’t change its investment policy.
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Contribution cap set for NPSS
[16:43 CEST 14-06] UK – A maximum of £3,600 (€5331) can be contributed by to the UK's National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS) bu an individual annually once launched in 2012, the government has announced today.
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Countries to disclose pension liabilities
[16:44 CEST 14-06] EUROPE – Pension liabilities of EU governments could soon be disclosed in a supplementary table of the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA).
