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Norfolk and Staffs start manager search
[16:30 CEST 24-10] UK – Staffordshire and Norfolk County Councils have initiated searches for equity and bond managers for their local government pension schemes (LGPS).
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NewsAPG pushes forward to meet infrastructure target
[14:00 CEST 22-10] NETHERLANDS – APG, the asset manager of the €193bn ABP pension fund, is pushing forward to meet its infrastructure target of €4.5bn for 2009, despite drying up opportunities in the asset class.
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€7.8bn doctors fund looks for opportunities
[16:50 CEST 20-10] GERMANY – Ärtzeversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL), a €7.8bn regional pension fund for doctors, has withdrawn approximately half of its Spezialfonds investments as it now wants to invest in 'opportunities'.
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LGPS investment regs need to be 'simplified'
[16:40 CEST 20-10] UK – The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) intends to recommend the government simplify and modernise the investment regulations for Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
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Hymans to advise lighthouse authorities
[16:30 CEST 20-10] UK – The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) for the United Kingdom and Ireland have appointed Hymans Robertson to provide advice on a range of pension fund issues.
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Generali bundles German schemes
[16:55 CEST 16-10] GERMANY – Pensor, the €128m pension fund of German insurer Volksfürsorge, will merge its “core competencies” with those of parent insurer Generali’s German Pensionsfonds.
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OPF seeks collective companies' funds
[15:40 CEST 15-10] NETHERLANDS - The Foundation of Company Pension Funds (OPF) has called for amendments to be made to the Pension Act to allow individual company pension schemes to work together in a companies’ pension fund.
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DC lifestyle funds show promise in market downturn
[17:15 CEST 14-10] GLOBAL - Lifestyle defined contribution pension funds have prove their worth in the current economic turmoil and may be a useful counterbalance to compulsory annuitisation, Watson Wyatt has claimed.
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Swiss funds stick to allocation
[17:10 CEST 13-10] SWITZERLAND – Swiss funds are in general content with their long-term asset allocation and are only making tactical adjustments, according to consultancy Lusenti.
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APG Group signs cross-border deal with PensPlan
[16:55 CEST 13-10] NETHERLANDS - APG Group has formalised a deal with the €1.6bn Italian pension administrator PensPlan which will initially see APG manage €100m in assets for the Italian provider.
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Energy watchdog seeks multi-employer fund membership
[17:05 CEST 10-10] AUSTRIA – E-Control, a Vienna-based independent authority related to the energy markets, is looking to join a multi-employer pension fund for the local government staff.
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ATP pumps money into Danish banks
[16:45 CEST 10-10] DENMARK – ATP, the largest pension scheme in Denmark, is lending billions of Danish kroner to Danish bank– described as deposits because of a government guarantee they carry - in a bid to help shore them up during the financial crisis.
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Ilmarinen to increase its alternatives focus
[15:00 CEST 09-10] FINLAND – Ilmarinen Mutual, Finland’s second-largest pension provider, is planning to increasing its private equity and property holdings in the coming years as well as diversify its equity holdings, IPE has learned.
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Iceland’s pension funds urged to thaw banking pressure
[17:00 CEST 06-10] ICELAND – The Icelandic Pension Funds Association (IPFA) has agreed to encourage its members to sell up to 50% of their foreign securities and injecting the capital back into the Icelandic currency market.
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Gloucester seeks equity manager as Clwyd picks advisers
[16:15 CEST 03-10] UK – Flintshire County Council has appointed seven external advisers for the Clwyd Pension Fund, while Gloucestershire County Council is tendering a global equity mandate valued at up to £200m (€257m).
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ÖPAG and university create ALM tool
[15:45 CEST 03-10] AUSTRIA – The multi-employer pension fund ÖPAG and the University of Vienna have developed an ALM tool to help the fund simulate future developments around their assets and liabilities.
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Camden to consolidate custody services
[17:20 CEST 03-10] UK – Camden County Council is seeking a global custodian for its £730m (€927m) local authority pension fund as part of its restructuring process.
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EC to test feasibility of pan-EU researchers' pension
[17:05 CEST 02-10] EUROPE – The European Commission is seeking a contractor to conduct a feasibility study into the potential for developing a pan-European pension fund for researchers working across the EU.
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Swiss funds still favour real estate
[16:55 CEST 01-10] SWITZERLAND – Nine out of 10 Swiss pensions funds are indirectly invested in real estate while the majority also directly invest in the market, according to research from real estate investment specialist Sal Oppenheim.
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Greece begins final phase of pension fund mergers
GREECE - The Greek Ministry of Labor and Social Security is pushing through the third and last restructuring phase for the local public pension system tomorrow by merging the 133 current funds into 13 new ones.
