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UK public pension numbers up and private down
The number of people in second tier pensions in the UK has risen in almost every year for the past 20 years, according figures from the Department of Work and Pensions. But private pension scheme membership has seen a dramatic fall.
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Pension funds cool on new Dutch code
NETHERLANDS – The new Tabaksblat corporate governance code has received a mixed response from pension fund bodies.
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ECB says pension funds’ shift to bonds continues
EUROPE – The European Central Bank says pension funds and insurers in the euro area are still shifting out of equities and into fixed income and mutual funds.
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Watson Wyatt names head of UK investment strategy
UK - Watson Wyatt has appointed Chris Ford to the new role of head of investment strategy in the UK following a three-year secondment in the US.
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Nordic SRI firm GES blacklists BASF, Nomura
GLOBAL - BASF and Nomura Holdings have been placed on an investment blacklist by Nordic SRI consulting firm GES Investment Services, for violating international ethical business guidelines.
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Somerset awards E143m in fixed income to F&C
UK – The 600 million-pound (867 million-euro) Somerset County Council Pension has awarded a 100 million-pound (143 million-euro) UK fixed income mandate to F&C Management.
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Northern unveils trade analysis for institutions
GLOBAL – Northern Trust has unveiled an automated trade execution monitoring tool for institutional clients - Trade Execution Analysis.
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Italians take to streets over pension reform
ITALY – Italians took to the streets of Rome on Saturday in protest at the government’s pension reform plans – though the government says the action will complicate matters.
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Allianz sets up asset management admin arm
GERMANY – Allianz’s Deutscher Investment Trust says it wants to position its new Fondsdepot subsidiary as an independent administrative centre for the asset management industry.
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Final Tabaksblatt governance report due
NETHERLANDS – The final report of the Tabaksblatt committee of corporate governance will be presented to the Dutch government tomorrow.
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Ageing could boost German markets – report
GERMANY – A new academic report has argued that demographic ageing is not necessarily a bad thing for German capital markets.
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State Street unveils ‘virtual’ asset pooling
EUROPE - Global custody group State Street says it is introducing a ‘virtual’ product for multinational pension fund asset pooling.
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TNO puts E30m into hedge funds
NETHERLANDS – The 1.3 billion-euro pension fund of Dutch research institute TNO has allocated 30 million euros to hedge funds, taking the cash out of equities.
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Ex-Siemens Scherkamp sets up own firm
EUROPE - Peter Scherkamp, the former head of finance strategy at the Siemens pension fund, has returned to the pensions advisory business.
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Germany’s BVK has smooth asset transition
GERMANY – The 29 billion-euro BVK, or Bayerische Versorgungskammer, says the transition of assets to its new array of external managers has gone very smoothly.
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Morley names consultant relationship manager
UK - Morley Fund Management has named Zoe Mepham as consultant relationship manager in its UK institutional team, a new role.
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German institutions eye tactical asset allocation
GERMANY - German institutional investors are increasingly focusing on the possibilities for tactical asset allocation (TAA) within their portfolios.
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UK says trustees highly dependent on consultants
UK – A new report commissioned by the government’s pensions department says trustees are “highly dependent” on investment consultants.
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USS and Railpen in global engagement forum inititative
GLOBAL – Two of the UK’s largest pension schemes have established a forum for global investors to address the issue of cross-border shareholder activism and corporate governance.
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Pictet study makes contradictory SRI findings
EUROPE – A new study by Pictet Asset Management has come up with a contradictory view about socially responsible investing.
