All IPE articles in June 2007 (Online) – Page 5
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Outgoing Schroders head to join Fortis
[11:07 CEST 18-06] GERMANY – Martin Theisinger, currently German head for Schroders Investment Management, will join Belgian manager Fortis Investments in September as its new head of client relationship management for Germany, Austria and CEE.
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Legislative move set to boost Turkish pensions
[17:12 CEST 15-06] TURKEY – Turkey’s president Ahmet Necdet Sezer has approved a law which is expected to lead to a growth of the country’s private pensions sector.
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SNS to expand securities presence with FBS takeover
[17:01 CEST 15-06] NETHERLANDS – SNS Bank’s securities business is in talks to buy specialist securities firm and institutional investment manager FBS Bankiers for an undisclosed amount.
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CEIOPS to study IORP interpretations
[17:01 CEST 15-06] EUROPE – The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) is investigating how many interpretations of the European Unions' IORP directive are likely to emerge.
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BP seeks new CIO
[17:00 CEST 15-06] UK – Colin Maltby is stepping down as head of investments of the BP Pension fund.
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Long-term bond yields drive Irish funding level
[17:00 CEST 15-06] IRELAND – Irish corporate pensions’ funding levels have improved by 20% since the beginning of this year because of increasing long-term bond yields, according to consultants Mercer.
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Straatman warns of volatility risk
[16:59 CEST 15-06] EUROPE - Pension funds should now be looking to decrease their investment risk rather than introduce more because volatility risk is likely to rise, according to a former Dutch pension fund executive.
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Bosch chooses actuary
[16:56 CEST 15-06] GERMANY – White goods producer Bosch has chosen BodeHewitt as its pensions actuary for the company from 2008.
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AP1 head Sandeberg to retire
[11:58 CEST 15-06] SWEDEN – William af Sandeberg is stepping down as chief executive of the largest Swedish buffer fund AP1.
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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).
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
