All IPE articles in June 2007 (Online) – Page 8
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Covip defends itself before Senate
ITALY – Pensions regulator, Covip, has told the parliament in Rome that it would be wrong and untimely to reform supervision of occupational retirement plans.
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Accor Hotels taps Horeca for extra services
NETHERLANDS - Horeca & Catering (PH&C) is to provide employees of Accor Hotels in the Netherlands with additional pension products.
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London & Capital doubles assets
GLOBAL – London & Capital reported a rise in assets under management to over $3bn (€2.23bn) from $1.6bn in 2005.
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Swiss and UK funds win tax refund
UK/SWITZERLAND – UK pension funds investing in Swiss companies will get their tax at source on dividends refunded under a new amendment to bilateral agreements signed today.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – EFAMA, Aon Consulting, Portuguese reserve fund, Hermes, Mellon, Jupiter, Sacker, Halbis
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France half way to solving pension issue - OECD
FRANCE – Complex tax and overgenerous benefits for public transport workers are holding up pension reform, according to the OECD.
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Develop alternatives to DC, urges Bank president
NETHERLANDS - The president of supervisor De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has challenged the Dutch pensions sector to develop new alternatives to defined contribution (DC) plans.
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Architects and teachers to join forces
DENMARK – Three pension funds for professionals are planning an alliance that would oversee DKK63bn (€8.46bn) for 70,000 members.
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Norwegian giant tenders tax advice
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is seeking a tax adviser on investments of the NOK1.88trn (€236.3bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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German mid-caps could fully fund pensions by 2011
GERMANY – Stocks traded on Germany’s mid-cap equity index (MDax) could fully fund their pension schemes by 2011, or just a year later than blue chips traded on the Dax-30, according to Rauser Towers Perrin (RTP).
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Carnegie looks beyond Nordics
DENMARK - Carnegie Asset Management is looking beyond the Nordic region to double assets in its Worldwide Fund from €8bn to €16bn.
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SBZ mandates ABN and Russell
NETHERLANDS - The €2.5bn industry-wide pension fund for care insurers, SBZ has placed its asset management with ABN Amro Asset Management (AAAM) and Russell Investment Group.
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Plan members get say on policy
[11:00 CEST 28-06] NETHERLANDS - The Social and Economic Council (SER) is to ask ordinary Dutch workers for their views on pensions this autumn.
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IPE-QUEST: Laborfonds adds investment lines
[16:58 CEST 28-06] ITALY – The €451m Laborfonds is seeking managers for a guaranteed and an ethical investment line as well as for a European equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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Reshuffle gives Hain and Purnell a 2012 focus
[17:00 CEST 28-06] UK – UK prime minister Gordon Brown has appointed Peter Hain MP as the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
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Feri sells Fund Market Information
[17:00 CEST 28-06] UK/GERMANY – Fund research specialist Feri Fund Market Information (Feri FMI) is to become part of Lipper, Reuters' specialist fund subsidiary.
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Aranykor gets new managing director
[17:01 CEST 28-06] HUNGARY – The HUF92bn (€372m) Aranykor Pension Fund has named Krisztina Kulyassa as new managing director.
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AP4 seeks Asian equities managers
[17:01 CEST 28-06] SWEDEN – The fourth buffer fund Fjärde AP-fonden is tendering for management of €1.5bn in Japanese and Pacific equities.
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Parent group contract reveals anti-avoidance - TPR
[17:01 CEST 28-06] UK – A US-based transportation company is being hit with the UK’s first financial support direction (FSD) because it has an agreement in place to support its UK subsidiary’s pension, The Pensions Regulator has revealed.
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Pension fund investment needs “not being met” - Create
[17:02 CEST 28-06] EUROPE - Asset management houses are failing to deliver the type of investment offerings pension funds actually want, according to an investment think-tank.
